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Woodford Green Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Sunset Avenue, Woodford Green IG8 0ST · woodfordgreenprimaryschool.co.uk · 020 8504 1629
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 93%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Waltham Forest 74%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.41 mi
- 0.66 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Waltham Forest Council
- Demand for places
- 1.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 242
- 90% of 270 places
- Local authority
- Waltham Forest
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 20.9%
- First language not English
- 25.6%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Arbor Academy Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.41 mi (661 m) from the school; in September 2025 it was 0.75 mi (1.20 km). Source: Waltham Forest Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 52 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 54% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 30 | 52 | 1.7▲ | 54% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 29 | 27 | 0.9 | 85% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 20 | 15 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 21 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 20 | 0.7 | 95% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.41 mi0.66 km | |
| September 2025 | 0.75 mi1.20 km | |
| September 2023 | 2.05 mi3.30 km | |
| September 2022 | 1.00 mi1.61 km | |
| September 2024 | All | |
Results
In 2024/25, 93% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 21% the higher standard. Across Waltham Forest it was 74%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲93% | 62% | ||
| ▲21% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 103068)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Woodford Green Primary School on 3 June 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 3 Jun 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: Improving, ungraded inspection, Apr 2023
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 103068), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Apr 2023Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 103068)
May 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 103068)
Oct 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 103068)
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (50 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 50
- 22% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 22% who had a child bullied