Woodlea Junior School
Woodlea Road, Leyland, PR25 1JL
This school is closed (it closed in November 2025).
It was replaced by Woodlea Junior School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jillian Shorrocks
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- South Ribble
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 260
- Pupils on roll
- 223
- URN
- 119208
- Local authority
- Lancashire
About this school
Woodlea Junior School was a community primary school in Leyland. It taught children aged 7 to 11 and had 223 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Woodlea Junior 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 | 62 | 67 | 58 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 61% | 55% | 57% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% | 10% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 79% | 72% | 74% |
| Expected standard in maths | 77% | 72% | 76% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 77% | 73% | 74% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.20 | - | - |
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 Junior 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 | Lancashire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 61% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 55% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 57% | 58.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 250 |
| 2023/24 | 243 |
| 2024/25 | 223 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Woodlea Junior School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 57% | 4.6% | 30.9% | 223 | — |
| Woodlea Junior School | — | — | — | 217 | 0.0 miles |
| Leyland St Andrew's Church of England Infant School | — | 4.2% | 32.1% | 145 | 0.0 miles |
| Leyland St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School | 43% | 4.8% | 30.5% | 188 | 0.5 miles |
| Northbrook Primary Academy | 66% | 5.3% | 41.1% | 185 | 0.5 miles |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School | 63% | 4.9% | 25.3% | 189 | 0.7 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)
- 30.94%
- English as an additional language
- 3.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.6%
- Persistent absence
- 10.53%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Woodlea Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Leyland
-
Leyland St Andrew's Church of England Infant School0.0 miles
Primary · Preston
-
Leyland St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Leyland
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Northbrook Primary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Leyland
-
St Anne's Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Leyland
Other schools in Leyland
- Bretherton Endowed Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary School Primary
- Farington Primary School Primary
- Lancaster Lane Primary and Pre-School Primary
- Lever House Primary School Primary
- Leyland Methodist Infant School Primary
- Leyland Methodist Junior School Primary
- Leyland St James Church of England Primary School Primary
- Leyland St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School Primary
- Moss Side Primary School Primary
- Northbrook Primary Academy Primary
- Seven Stars Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Woodlea Junior School teach?
- Woodlea Junior School taught children aged 7 to 11. It was a primary school in Leyland.
- Has Woodlea Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Woodlea Junior 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 many pupils are at Woodlea Junior School?
- Woodlea Junior School had 223 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- How have Woodlea Junior 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 57% 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 Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Woodlea Junior 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 30 November 2025.