Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School
Ashton Road, Woodhouses, Manchester, M35 9WL
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England/Free Church
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Woodward
- Diocese
- Diocese of Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Central
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 140
- Pupils on roll
- 133
- URN
- 105688
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Telephone
- 01616816793
About this school
Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School is a voluntary controlled primary school in Manchester. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 133 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 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 | 19 | 18 | 18 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 58% | 72% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 84% | 89% | 89% |
| Expected standard in maths | 79% | 78% | 72% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 89% | 72% | 89% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.80 | - | - |
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 Woodhouses Voluntary 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 | Oldham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 58% | 54.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 72% | 55.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 57.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 130 |
| 2023/24 | 131 |
| 2024/25 | 134 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School compares
Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School ranked 21st of 71 primary schools in Oldham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 83% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 4% | 21.6% | 133 | — |
| Holy Family RC Primary School | 63% | 6% | 55% | 206 | 0.7 miles |
| Limehurst Community Primary School | 70% | 6.1% | 52.7% | 323 | 0.8 miles |
| St John's Church of England Primary School | 50% | 5.3% | 34.8% | 255 | 0.8 miles |
| Higher Failsworth Primary School | 40% | 5.2% | 32.5% | 396 | 0.9 miles |
| Oasis Academy Limeside | 36% | 6.5% | 62.3% | 452 | 0.9 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)
- 21.64%
- English as an additional language
- 2.2%
- Overall absence
- 4.01%
- Persistent absence
- 9.4%
Location
Nearby schools
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Holy Family RC Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Oldham
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Limehurst Community Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Oldham
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St John's Church of England Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Manchester
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Higher Failsworth Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Oldham
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Oasis Academy Limeside0.9 miles
Primary · Oldham
Other schools in Manchester
Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School ranks 92nd of the 252 ranked primary schools in Manchester.
- Abbey Hey Primary Academy Primary
- Abbott Community Primary School Primary
- Acacias Community Primary School Primary
- Acre Hall Primary School Primary
- Aldwyn Primary School Primary
- Alkrington Primary School Primary
- All Saints C of E Primary School Primary
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, Stand Primary
- All Saints Primary School Primary
- Alma Park Primary School Primary
- Armitage CofE Primary School Primary
- Ashbury Meadow Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School teach?
- Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Manchester.
- Who is the headteacher of Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School?
- The headteacher of Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School is Mrs Helen Woodward, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Woodhouses Voluntary 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 Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School?
- Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School has 133 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School full?
- Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School has capacity for 140 pupils and 133 on roll (95%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School a faith school?
- Yes. Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School is designated Church of England/Free Church, in the Diocese of Manchester.
- Does Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 58% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School rank locally?
- Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School ranked 21st of 71 primary schools in Oldham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 83% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School's absence rate?
- Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School's overall absence rate is 4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Woodhouses Voluntary 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 29 June 2026.