Woodlands Primary School
Ironbridge Road, Madeley, Telford, TF7 5HX
This school is closed (it closed in May 2026).
It was replaced by Woodlands Primary School and Nursery. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Joanne Duncombe
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Telford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 468
- Pupils on roll
- 431
- URN
- 135031
- Local authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Website
- School website
About this school
Woodlands Primary School was a community primary school in Telford. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 431 pupils on roll.
Ofsted inspected it; its last report is linked below.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 14 March 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. 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 | 58 | 53 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 48% | 64% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 4% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 81% | 78% |
| Expected standard in maths | 53% | 74% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 57% | 79% | 76% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 107.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.70 | - | - |
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 Woodlands 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 | Telford and Wrekin average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 48% | 59.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 64% | 60.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 63% | 62.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 439 |
| 2023/24 | 436 |
| 2024/25 | 443 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Woodlands Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 63% | 5.6% | 49% | 431 | — |
| Woodlands Primary School and Nursery | — | — | — | — | 0.0 miles |
| William Reynolds Primary School and Nursery | — | — | — | 449 | 0.2 miles |
| John Fletcher of Madeley Primary School | 72% | 6.9% | 37.7% | 213 | 0.7 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | 48% | 5.9% | 46% | 180 | 1.0 miles |
| Coalbrookdale and Ironbridge CofE Primary Academy | — | — | — | — | 1.0 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)
- 49.02%
- English as an additional language
- 16.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.57%
- Persistent absence
- 12.43%
Location
Nearby schools
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Woodlands Primary School and Nursery0.0 miles
Primary · Telford
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William Reynolds Primary School and Nursery0.2 miles
Primary · Telford
-
John Fletcher of Madeley Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Telford
-
St Mary's Catholic Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Telford
-
Coalbrookdale and Ironbridge CofE Primary Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Telford
Other schools in Telford
- Allscott Meads Primary Academy Primary
- Apley Wood Primary Academy Primary
- Aqueduct Primary Academy Primary
- Buildwas Academy Primary
- Captain Webb Primary School Primary
- Coalbrookdale and Ironbridge CofE Primary Academy Primary
- Crudgington Primary School Primary
- Dawley Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Donnington Wood CofE Voluntary Controlled Junior School Primary
- Donnington Wood Infant School and Nursery Centre Primary
- Dothill Primary School Primary
- Grange Park Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Woodlands Primary School teach?
- Woodlands Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Telford.
- Has Woodlands Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Woodlands 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 Woodlands Primary School?
- Woodlands Primary School had 431 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Woodlands Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 48% in 2022/23 and 63% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Woodlands Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Woodlands 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.