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Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
The Crescent, Woodlands, Doncaster DN6 7RG · woodlands.outwood.com · 01302 722367
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 66%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Doncaster 63%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 394
- 83% of 472 places
- Local authority
- Doncaster
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 49.7%
- First language not English
- 11.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 33 families put the school first and 36 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 | 36 | 33 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 50 | 46 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 36 | 36 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 36 | 36 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 35 | 35 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 66% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 4% the higher standard. Across Doncaster it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲66% | 62% | ||
| ▼4% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ▼97 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 134236)
Ofsted
Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 20 March 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 20 Mar 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 134236), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Inadequate
Quality of education Inadequate Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 134236)
Before September 2019
- Oct 2018Monitoring visitEffective action
Oct 2017Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 134236)
Mar 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 134236)
What parents said
74% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (31 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 74%
- Replies
- 31
- 8% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 97% who raised concerns
based on the 61% who had a child bullied
based on 16 parents (52%) with SEND