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Woodfield Infant School & Nursery
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Woodfield Road, Copthorne, Shrewsbury SY3 8LU · woodfield.shropshire.sch.uk · 01743 343812
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2025
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 283
- 92% of 309 places
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 6.2%
- First language not English
- 13.1%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Empower Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 63 families put the school first and 67 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 67 | 63 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 82 | 75 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 83 | 82 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 78 | 68 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 89 | 92 | 1▲ | 91% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Woodfield Infant School & Nursery on 1 April 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 1 Apr 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, May 2013
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 123390), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
May 2013Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123390)
Nov 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123390)
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (179 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 179
- 61% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 57% who raised concerns
based on the 21% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (6%) with SEND