Woodlea Primary School
Fence Houses, Houghton le Spring, DH4 6AR
This school is closed (it closed in October 2024).
It was replaced by Woodlea Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Philip Adamson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- North Durham
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 221
- URN
- 114009
- Local authority
- County Durham
About this school
Woodlea Primary School was a community primary school in Houghton le Spring. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 221 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Woodlea Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 31 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 83% | 77% | 72% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 6% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 97% | 84% | 86% |
| Expected standard in maths | 90% | 84% | 79% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 97% | 87% | 83% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 106.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.40 | - | - |
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 Woodlea 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 | County Durham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 83% | 58% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 77% | 58.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 72% | 60% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 225 |
| 2023/24 | 221 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Woodlea Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 71% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 90% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 72% | 4% | 26.8% | 221 | — |
| Woodlea Primary School | — | 4.1% | 24.2% | 197 | 0.0 miles |
| Bournmoor Primary School | 65% | 6.2% | 40.3% | 66 | 0.6 miles |
| Dubmire Primary | 63% | 5.3% | 32.8% | 479 | 0.7 miles |
| Lumley Junior School | 77% | 4.1% | 28% | 186 | 1.3 miles |
| Lumley Infant and Nursery School | — | 4.4% | 24.1% | 139 | 1.3 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 26.8%
- English as an additional language
- 1.4%
- Overall absence
- 4%
- Persistent absence
- 5.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Woodlea Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Houghton le Spring
-
Bournmoor Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Houghton le Spring
-
Dubmire Primary0.7 miles
Primary · Houghton le Spring
-
Lumley Junior School1.3 miles
Primary · Chester le Street
-
Lumley Infant and Nursery School1.3 miles
Primary · Chester le Street
Other schools in Houghton le Spring
- Barnwell Academy Primary
- Bernard Gilpin Primary School Primary
- Bournmoor Primary School Primary
- Burnside Academy Inspires Primary
- Dubmire Primary Primary
- Easington Lane Primary School Primary
- East Rainton Primary School Primary
- Eppleton Academy Primary School Primary
- Gillas Lane Primary Academy Primary
- Hetton Lyons Primary School Primary
- Hetton Primary School Primary
- New Penshaw Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Woodlea Primary School teach?
- Woodlea Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Houghton le Spring.
- Has Woodlea Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Woodlea Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Woodlea Primary School?
- Woodlea Primary School had 221 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Woodlea Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 83% in 2022/23 and 72% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Woodlea Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Woodlea 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 31 October 2024.