Woodfall Primary School
Woodfall Lane, Little Neston, Neston, CH64 4BT
This school is closed (it closed in May 2024).
It was replaced by Woodfall Primary and Nursery School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Hough
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Ellesmere Port and Neston
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 466
- Pupils on roll
- 478
- URN
- 135019
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
About this school
Woodfall Primary School was a community primary school in Neston. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 478 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Woodfall Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2005, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 62 | 64 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 65% | 69% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 11% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 82% | 77% |
| Expected standard in maths | 82% | 86% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 84% | 86% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.70 | - |
| Writing progress | +0.40 | - |
| Maths progress | +2.10 | - |
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 Woodfall 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 | Cheshire West and Chester average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 65% | 57.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 69% | 57.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 486 |
| 2023/24 | 478 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Woodfall Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 72% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.8% | 13.4% | 478 | — |
| Woodfall Primary and Nursery School | 79% | 5.3% | 12.2% | 438 | 0.0 miles |
| St Winefride's Catholic Primary School | 67% | 4.2% | 26.5% | 153 | 0.4 miles |
| Neston Primary School | 50% | 7.2% | 38.5% | 146 | 0.7 miles |
| Willaston CofE Primary School | 67% | 3.8% | 3.7% | 212 | 1.6 miles |
| Parkgate Primary School | 81% | 4.1% | 9.4% | 184 | 1.7 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 13.4%
- English as an additional language
- 3.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.8%
- Persistent absence
- 10.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Woodfall Primary and Nursery School0.0 miles
Primary · Neston
-
St Winefride's Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Neston
-
Neston Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Neston
-
Willaston CofE Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Neston
-
Parkgate Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Neston
Other schools in Neston
- Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary School Primary
- Neston Primary School Primary
- Parkgate Primary School Primary
- St Winefride's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Willaston CofE Primary School Primary
- Woodfall Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Neston High School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Woodfall Primary School teach?
- Woodfall Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Neston.
- Has Woodfall Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Woodfall 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 Woodfall Primary School?
- Woodfall Primary School had 478 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Woodfall Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 65% in 2022/23 and 69% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Woodfall Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Woodfall 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 10 July 2024.