Wood Ley Community Primary School
Lowry Way, Stowmarket, IP14 1UF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sandra Renwick
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 307
- URN
- 124680
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01449616038
About this school
Wood Ley Community Primary School is a community primary school in Stowmarket. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 307 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
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong 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 | 45 | 45 | 45 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 62% | 64% | 49% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 11% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 71% | 60% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 76% | 76% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 78% | 58% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.40 | - | - |
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 Wood Ley Community 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 | Suffolk average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 62% | 54.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 64% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 49% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 315 |
| 2023/24 | 312 |
| 2024/25 | 310 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wood Ley Community Primary School compares
Wood Ley Community Primary School ranked 177th of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 20% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 49% | 4.9% | 16.5% | 307 | — |
| Grace Cook Primary School | — | 4.9% | 13.3% | 203 | 0.4 miles |
| Chilton Community Primary School | 68% | 5.3% | 43.4% | 133 | 0.5 miles |
| Abbot's Hall Community Primary School | 63% | 4.3% | 16.3% | 366 | 0.8 miles |
| Cedars Park Community Primary School | 72% | 3.7% | 14.8% | 389 | 1.5 miles |
| Combs Ford Primary School | 47% | 6.4% | 23.2% | 299 | 1.5 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)
- 16.45%
- English as an additional language
- 3.2%
- Overall absence
- 4.85%
- Persistent absence
- 11.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Grace Cook Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Stowmarket
-
Chilton Community Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Stowmarket
-
Abbot's Hall Community Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Stowmarket
-
Cedars Park Community Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Stowmarket
-
Combs Ford Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Stowmarket
Other schools in Stowmarket
Wood Ley Community Primary School ranks 12th of the 15 ranked primary schools in Stowmarket.
- Abbot's Hall Community Primary School Primary
- Bacton Primary School Primary
- Cedars Park Community Primary School Primary
- Chilton Community Primary School Primary
- Combs Ford Primary School Primary
- Crawford's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Freeman Community Primary School Primary
- Grace Cook Primary School Primary
- Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Helmingham Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Mendlesham Primary School Primary
- Old Newton Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Wood Ley Community Primary School teach?
- Wood Ley Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Stowmarket.
- Who is the headteacher of Wood Ley Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Wood Ley Community Primary School is Mrs Sandra Renwick, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Wood Ley Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wood Ley Community 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 Ley Community Primary School?
- Wood Ley Community Primary School has 307 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Wood Ley Community Primary School full?
- Wood Ley Community Primary School has capacity for 315 pupils and 307 on roll (97%), 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 Wood Ley Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Wood Ley Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Wood Ley Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Wood Ley Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Wood Ley Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 62% in 2022/23 and 49% 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 Ley Community Primary School rank locally?
- Wood Ley Community Primary School ranked 177th of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 20% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% 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 Ley Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Wood Ley Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wood Ley Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wood Ley Community 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 30 June 2026.