Woden Primary School
Springfield Road, Wolverhampton, WV10 0LH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- CENTRAL LEARNING PARTNERSHIP TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sara Walmsley
- Religious ethos
- None
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Central Learning Partnership Trust
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton North East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 448
- URN
- 139199
- Local authority
- Wolverhampton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01902558880
About this school
Woden Primary School is a primary academy in Wolverhampton. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 448 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 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- 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 | 63 | 61 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 56% | 46% | 55% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 5% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 63% | 59% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 75% | 61% | 65% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 77% | 74% | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 102.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.20 | - | - |
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 Woden 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 | Wolverhampton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 56% | 59% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 46% | 58.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 55% | 60.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 475 |
| 2023/24 | 473 |
| 2024/25 | 462 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Woden Primary School compares
Woden Primary School ranked 51st of 63 primary schools in Wolverhampton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 30% 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 | 55% | 5.5% | 55.9% | 448 | — |
| St Stephen's Church of England Primary School | 79% | 4.7% | 59.8% | 246 | 0.3 miles |
| Trinity CofE Primary Academy | 64% | 6.1% | 54.3% | 700 | 0.6 miles |
| Dunstall Hill Primary School | 59% | 7.3% | 59.5% | 458 | 0.7 miles |
| Eastfield Primary School | 67% | 5% | 57.7% | 400 | 0.8 miles |
| West Park Primary School | 76% | 4.9% | 55.9% | 278 | 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)
- 55.9%
- English as an additional language
- 54.5%
- Overall absence
- 5.5%
- Persistent absence
- 16.36%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Stephen's Church of England Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
-
Trinity CofE Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
-
Dunstall Hill Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
-
Eastfield Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
-
West Park Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
Other schools in Wolverhampton
Woden Primary School ranks 54th of the 67 ranked primary schools in Wolverhampton.
- Albrighton Primary School & Nursery Primary
- All Saints' CofE Primary School Primary
- Bantock Primary School Primary
- Berrybrook Primary School Primary
- Bhylls Acre Primary School Primary
- Birches First School Primary
- Blakeley Heath Primary School Primary
- Bushbury Hill Primary School Primary
- Bushbury Lane Academy Primary
- Castlecroft Primary School Primary
- Christ Church (Church of England) Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Christ Church (Church of England) Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Woden Primary School teach?
- Woden Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Wolverhampton.
- Who is the headteacher of Woden Primary School?
- The headteacher of Woden Primary School is Mrs Sara Walmsley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Woden Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Woden 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 Woden Primary School?
- Woden Primary School has 448 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Woden Primary School full?
- Woden Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 448 on roll (107%), so it is at or above 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 Woden Primary School a faith school?
- No. Woden Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Woden Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Woden Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Woden Primary School?
- Woden Primary School is part of CENTRAL LEARNING PARTNERSHIP TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Woden Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 56% in 2022/23 and 55% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Woden Primary School rank locally?
- Woden Primary School ranked 51st of 63 primary schools in Wolverhampton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 30% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Woden Primary School's absence rate?
- Woden Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Woden Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Woden 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.