Woodland Community Primary School
Regent Street, Heywood, OL10 3BX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Mrs J Cunningham
- Constituency
- Heywood and Middleton North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 564
- URN
- 135017
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01706620305
About this school
Woodland Community Primary School is a community primary school in Heywood. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 564 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Woodland Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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's most recent visit was a short inspection on 12 February 2025, where inspectors found that standards have been maintained. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 79 | 60 | 87 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 49% | 45% | 54% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 2% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 61% | 62% | 61% |
| Expected standard in maths | 53% | 55% | 63% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 54% | 67% | 66% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 102.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 101.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.00 | - | - |
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 Woodland 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 | Rochdale average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 49% | 55.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 45% | 56.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 54% | 57.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 530 |
| 2023/24 | 567 |
| 2024/25 | 567 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Woodland Community Primary School compares
Woodland Community Primary School ranked 39th of 55 primary schools in Rochdale for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 28% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 54% | 6% | 49.6% | 564 | — |
| St Margaret's Church of England Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.3 miles |
| St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary Academy | 66% | 5% | 22.6% | 373 | 0.4 miles |
| Harwood Park Primary School | 49% | 6% | 51.5% | 291 | 0.7 miles |
| Our Lady & St Paul's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | 48% | 6.8% | 48.2% | 202 | 0.7 miles |
| St Luke's Church of England Primary School | 67% | 4.7% | 32.6% | 446 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 49.56%
- English as an additional language
- 16.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.96%
- Persistent absence
- 18.34%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Margaret's Church of England Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Heywood
-
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Heywood
-
Harwood Park Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Heywood
-
Our Lady & St Paul's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Heywood
-
St Luke's Church of England Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Heywood
Other schools in Heywood
Woodland Community Primary School ranks 6th of the 8 ranked primary schools in Heywood.
- All Souls Church of England Primary School Primary
- Harwood Park Primary School Primary
- Hopwood Community Primary School Primary
- Our Lady & St Paul's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primary
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary Academy Primary
- St Luke's Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Margaret's Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Bamford Primary
- Edgar Wood Academy Secondary
- Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College Secondary
- Newhouse Academy Secondary
- Oak Haven School Special schools
Common questions
- What ages does Woodland Community Primary School teach?
- Woodland Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Heywood.
- Who is the head teacher of Woodland Community Primary School?
- The head teacher of Woodland Community Primary School is Mrs J Cunningham, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Woodland Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Woodland 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 many pupils are at Woodland Community Primary School?
- Woodland Community Primary School has 564 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Woodland Community Primary School full?
- Woodland Community Primary School has capacity for 630 pupils and 564 on roll (90%), 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 Woodland Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Woodland Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Woodland Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Woodland Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Woodland Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 49% in 2022/23 and 54% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Woodland Community Primary School compare with other schools in Rochdale?
- Woodland Community Primary School ranked 39th of 55 primary schools in Rochdale for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 28% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Woodland Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Woodland Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Woodland Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Woodland 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 1 July 2026.