Woodlands Primary School
Woodlands Road, Formby, Liverpool, L37 2JN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jayne Nel
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Sefton Central
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 342
- Pupils on roll
- 349
- URN
- 104881
- Local authority
- Sefton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01704876444
About this school
Woodlands Primary School is a community primary school in Liverpool. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 349 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Woodlands Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 51 | 46 | 50 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 61% | 61% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 12% | 4% | 16% |
| Expected standard in reading | 65% | 80% | 78% |
| Expected standard in maths | 65% | 78% | 70% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% | 85% | 76% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.90 | - | - |
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 Woodlands 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 | Sefton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 61% | 56.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 61% | 55.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 62% | 57.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 374 |
| 2023/24 | 363 |
| 2024/25 | 351 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Woodlands Primary School compares
Woodlands Primary School ranked 28th of 69 primary schools in Sefton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 45% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 62% | 4.2% | 10.9% | 349 | — |
| St Jerome's Catholic Primary School | 56% | 5.1% | 5.6% | 195 | 0.3 miles |
| St Luke's Church of England Primary School | 49% | 3.8% | 12% | 365 | 0.4 miles |
| Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School | 82% | 3.9% | 10.3% | 232 | 1.1 miles |
| Redgate Community Primary School | 65% | 7.1% | 29.3% | 259 | 1.1 miles |
| Trinity St Peter's CofE Primary School | — | — | — | 238 | 1.2 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 10.93%
- English as an additional language
- 2%
- Overall absence
- 4.19%
- Persistent absence
- 8.06%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Jerome's Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Liverpool
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St Luke's Church of England Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Formby
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Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Liverpool
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Redgate Community Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Liverpool
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Trinity St Peter's CofE Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Liverpool
Other schools in Liverpool
Woodlands Primary School ranks 81st of the 176 ranked primary schools in Liverpool.
- Aintree Davenhill Primary School Primary
- All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Anfield Road Primary School Primary
- Arnot St Mary CofE Primary School Primary
- Banks Road Primary School Primary
- Barlows Primary School Primary
- Bedford Primary School Primary
- Belle Vale Community Primary School Primary
- Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School, Woolton Primary
- Blacklow Brow School Primary
- Blackmoor Park Infants' School Primary
- Blackmoor Park Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Woodlands Primary School teach?
- Woodlands Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Liverpool.
- Who is the headteacher of Woodlands Primary School?
- The headteacher of Woodlands Primary School is Mrs Jayne Nel, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Woodlands Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Woodlands 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 many pupils are at Woodlands Primary School?
- Woodlands Primary School has 349 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Woodlands Primary School full?
- Woodlands Primary School has capacity for 342 pupils and 349 on roll (102%), 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 Woodlands Primary School a faith school?
- No. Woodlands Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Woodlands Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Woodlands Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Woodlands Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 61% in 2022/23 and 62% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Woodlands Primary School compare with other schools in Sefton?
- Woodlands Primary School ranked 28th of 69 primary schools in Sefton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 45% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Woodlands Primary School's absence rate?
- Woodlands Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Woodlands Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Woodlands 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 15 July 2026.