Wells Primary School
Barclay Oval, Woodford Green, IG8 0PP
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Debbie Franklin
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Chingford and Woodford Green
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 341
- URN
- 102831
- Local authority
- Redbridge
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02087080500
About this school
Wells Primary School is a community primary school in Woodford Green. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 341 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 43 | 42 | 45 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 84% | 81% | 87% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 28% | 19% | 33% |
| Expected standard in reading | 93% | 88% | 87% |
| Expected standard in maths | 91% | 90% | 98% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 98% | 90% | 87% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 111.0 | 109.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 107.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.50 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Wells Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Redbridge average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 84% | 67.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 81% | 71.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 87% | 72% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 339 |
| 2023/24 | 337 |
| 2024/25 | 344 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wells Primary School compares
Wells Primary School ranked 9th of 53 primary schools in Redbridge for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 95% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 87% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 87% | 3.8% | 6.1% | 341 | — |
| St Antony's Catholic Primary School | 72% | 3.8% | 5.5% | 438 | 0.1 miles |
| Woodford Green Primary School | 93% | 4.8% | 23.6% | 242 | 0.4 miles |
| Whitehall Primary School | 72% | 5.3% | 26.7% | 452 | 0.9 miles |
| St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Buckhurst Hill | 72% | 4.7% | 5.6% | 412 | 0.9 miles |
| Ray Lodge Primary School | 73% | 4% | 24.8% | 674 | 1.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 6.05%
- English as an additional language
- 31.4%
- Overall absence
- 3.8%
- Persistent absence
- 4.06%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Antony's Catholic Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · Woodford Green
-
Woodford Green Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Woodford Green
-
Whitehall Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · London
-
St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Buckhurst Hill0.9 miles
Primary · Buckhurst Hill
-
Ray Lodge Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Woodford Green
Other schools in Woodford Green
Wells Primary School ranks 2nd of the 6 ranked primary schools in Woodford Green.
- Oakhill Primary School Primary
- Ray Lodge Primary School Primary
- Roding Primary School Primary
- St Antony's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Woodford Green Primary School Primary
- Trinity Catholic High School Secondary
- Woodbridge High School Secondary
- Woodford County High School Secondary
- Hatton Special School Special schools
- Avon House Preparatory School Independent schools
- Bancroft's Preparatory School Independent schools
- Bancroft's School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Wells Primary School teach?
- Wells Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Woodford Green.
- Who is the headteacher of Wells Primary School?
- The headteacher of Wells Primary School is Ms Debbie Franklin, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Wells Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wells Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Wells Primary School?
- Wells Primary School has 341 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Wells Primary School full?
- Wells Primary School has capacity for 315 pupils and 341 on roll (108%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Wells Primary School a faith school?
- No. Wells Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Wells Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Wells Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Wells Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 84% in 2022/23 and 87% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Wells Primary School rank locally?
- Wells Primary School ranked 9th of 53 primary schools in Redbridge for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 95% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 87% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Wells Primary School's absence rate?
- Wells Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wells Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wells Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 6 July 2026.