Wood End Primary School
Wood Street, Wood End, Atherstone, CV9 2QL
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- COMMUNITY ACADEMIES TRUST
- Executive Headteacher
- Mrs Moira Cross
- Religious ethos
- None
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Community Academies Trust
- Constituency
- North Warwickshire and Bedworth
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 175
- URN
- 140418
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01827872237
About this school
Wood End Primary School is a primary academy in Atherstone. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 175 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Wood End 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. 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
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- 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 | 26 | 21 | 16 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 27% | 67% | 50% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 10% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 54% | 81% | 69% |
| Expected standard in maths | 46% | 90% | 63% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 73% | 90% | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 105.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.10 | - | - |
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 Wood End 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 | Warwickshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 27% | 58.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 58.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 50% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 158 |
| 2023/24 | 154 |
| 2024/25 | 160 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wood End Primary School compares
Wood End Primary School ranked 129th of 162 primary schools in Warwickshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 50% | 6.4% | 31% | 175 | — |
| Hurley Primary School | 38% | 4.9% | 32.3% | 191 | 1.4 miles |
| Heathfields Infant Academy | — | 5.7% | 15.2% | 199 | 1.7 miles |
| Kingsbury Primary School | 54% | 7.5% | 25.7% | 206 | 1.8 miles |
| Dosthill Primary School | 66% | 4.4% | 13.6% | 468 | 2.0 miles |
| Wilnecote Junior Academy | 49% | 4.5% | 23.9% | 302 | 2.1 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)
- 31.03%
- English as an additional language
- 3.1%
- Overall absence
- 6.44%
- Persistent absence
- 16.13%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hurley Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Atherstone
-
Heathfields Infant Academy1.7 miles
Primary · Tamworth
-
Kingsbury Primary School1.8 miles
Primary · Tamworth
-
Dosthill Primary School2.0 miles
Primary · Tamworth
-
Wilnecote Junior Academy2.1 miles
Primary · Tamworth
Other schools in Atherstone
Wood End Primary School ranks 8th of the 9 ranked primary schools in Atherstone.
- Austrey CofE Primary School Primary
- Hurley Primary School Primary
- Outwoods Primary School Primary
- Racemeadow Primary Academy Primary
- Sheepy Magna Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Benedict's Catholic Primary Academy Primary
- Witherley Church of England Primary School Primary
- Woodside CofE Primary School Primary
- Atherstone Nursery School Nursery
- The Queen Elizabeth Academy Secondary
- Twycross House Pre-Preparatory School Independent schools
- Twycross House School Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Wood End Primary School teach?
- Wood End Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Atherstone.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Wood End Primary School?
- The executive headteacher of Wood End Primary School is Mrs Moira Cross, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Wood End Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wood End 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 Wood End Primary School?
- Wood End Primary School has 175 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Wood End Primary School full?
- Wood End Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 175 on roll (83%), 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 Wood End Primary School a faith school?
- No. Wood End Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Wood End Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Wood End Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Is Wood End Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Wood End Primary School is part of COMMUNITY ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Wood End Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 27% in 2022/23 and 50% 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 End Primary School compare with other schools in Warwickshire?
- Wood End Primary School ranked 129th of 162 primary schools in Warwickshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% 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 End Primary School's absence rate?
- Wood End Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wood End Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wood End 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.