Wood Lane Primary School
Wood Lane, Bignall End, Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 8PH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- The Thomas Boughey Co-operative Learning Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Samantha Fraser
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 120
- Pupils on roll
- 48
- URN
- 124057
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01782720487
About this school
Wood Lane Primary School is a foundation primary school in Stoke-on-Trent. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 48 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 16 | 10 | 11 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 88% | 80% | 36% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 94% | 90% | 91% |
| Expected standard in maths | 94% | 90% | 73% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 88% | 90% | 82% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 107.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 103.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.60 | - | - |
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 Wood Lane 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 | Staffordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 88% | 59.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 80% | 61.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 36% | 62% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 96 |
| 2023/24 | 86 |
| 2024/25 | 76 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wood Lane Primary School compares
Wood Lane Primary School ranked 221st of 229 primary schools in Staffordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 9% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 36% | 5.7% | 30.3% | 48 | — |
| Ravensmead Primary School | 42% | 4.7% | 22.4% | 317 | 0.9 miles |
| Alsagers Bank Primary Academy | 65% | 3.9% | 20.6% | 178 | 1.0 miles |
| St Chad's CofE (C) Primary School | 76% | 4% | 14.1% | 274 | 1.2 miles |
| Crackley Bank Primary School | 78% | 7.1% | 56.2% | 198 | 1.3 miles |
| Chesterton Primary School | 38% | 5.4% | 65% | 155 | 1.6 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)
- 30.26%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 5.73%
- Persistent absence
- 11.11%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ravensmead Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Alsagers Bank Primary Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
St Chad's CofE (C) Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Newcastle
-
Crackley Bank Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Newcastle
-
Chesterton Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Newcastle-Under-Lyme
Other schools in Stoke-on-Trent
Wood Lane Primary School ranks 96th of the 102 ranked primary schools in Stoke-on-Trent.
- Abbey Hulton Primary School Primary
- Alexandra Infants' School Primary
- Alexandra Junior School Primary
- All Saints' CofE First School Primary
- Alsager Highfields Community Primary School Primary
- Alsagers Bank Primary Academy Primary
- Ash Green Primary Academy Primary
- Ball Green Primary Academy Primary
- Barlaston CofE (VC) First School Primary
- Belgrave St Bartholomew's Academy Primary
- Bishop Rawle CofE Primary School Primary
- Burnwood Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Wood Lane Primary School teach?
- Wood Lane Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Stoke-on-Trent.
- Who is the headteacher of Wood Lane Primary School?
- The headteacher of Wood Lane Primary School is Mrs Samantha Fraser, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Wood Lane Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wood Lane 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 Wood Lane Primary School?
- Wood Lane Primary School has 48 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Wood Lane Primary School full?
- Wood Lane Primary School has capacity for 120 pupils and 48 on roll (40%), so it has space against 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 Wood Lane Primary School a faith school?
- No. Wood Lane Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Wood Lane Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Wood Lane Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Wood Lane Primary School?
- Wood Lane Primary School is part of The Thomas Boughey Co-operative Learning Trust. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Wood Lane Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 88% in 2022/23 and 36% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Wood Lane Primary School rank locally?
- Wood Lane Primary School ranked 221st of 229 primary schools in Staffordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 9% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Wood Lane Primary School's absence rate?
- Wood Lane Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wood Lane Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wood Lane 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 3 July 2026.