Woodlands Academy
Pinewood Crescent, Grimsby, DN33 1RJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- HARBOUR LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rebecca Wakefield
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Harbour Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 415
- Pupils on roll
- 313
- URN
- 146762
- Local authority
- North East Lincolnshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01472500900
About this school
Woodlands Academy is a primary academy in Grimsby. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 313 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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 | 46 | 40 | 32 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 65% | 63% | 78% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 3% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 72% | 63% | 84% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 73% | 84% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 74% | 65% | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 103.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 104.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.10 | - | - |
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 Woodlands Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | North East Lincolnshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 65% | 58.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 61.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 78% | 62% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 310 |
| 2023/24 | 313 |
| 2024/25 | 289 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Woodlands Academy compares
Woodlands Academy ranked 5th of 43 primary schools in North East Lincolnshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 84% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 78% | 4.1% | 50.9% | 313 | — |
| Scartho Gateway Academy | — | — | — | 92 | 0.4 miles |
| Oasis Academy Nunsthorpe | 33% | 8.3% | 75.9% | 363 | 0.7 miles |
| Grange Primary School | 33% | 7.6% | 51.8% | 285 | 0.8 miles |
| Western Primary School | 61% | 6.1% | 47.6% | 210 | 0.9 miles |
| Laceby Acres Primary Academy | 72% | 4.7% | 22.6% | 208 | 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)
- 50.92%
- English as an additional language
- 15.6%
- Overall absence
- 4.11%
- Persistent absence
- 7.55%
Location
Nearby schools
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Scartho Gateway Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Grimsby
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Oasis Academy Nunsthorpe0.7 miles
Primary · Grimsby
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Grange Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Grimsby
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Western Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Grimsby
-
Laceby Acres Primary Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Grimsby
Other schools in Grimsby
Woodlands Academy ranks 4th of the 34 ranked primary schools in Grimsby.
- East Ravendale CofE Primary School Academy Primary
- Edward Heneage Primary Academy Primary
- Enfield Academy of New Waltham Primary
- Fairfield Academy Primary
- Grange Primary School Primary
- Great Coates Primary School Primary
- Healing Primary Academy Primary
- Holton-le-Clay Junior School Primary
- Humberston Cloverfields Academy Primary
- Keelby Primary Academy Primary
- Laceby Acres Primary Academy Primary
- Laceby Stanford Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Woodlands Academy teach?
- Woodlands Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Grimsby.
- Who is the headteacher of Woodlands Academy?
- The headteacher of Woodlands Academy is Mrs Rebecca Wakefield, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Woodlands Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Woodlands Academy, 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 Woodlands Academy?
- Woodlands Academy has 313 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Woodlands Academy full?
- Woodlands Academy has capacity for 415 pupils and 313 on roll (75%), 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 Woodlands Academy a faith school?
- No. Woodlands Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Woodlands Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Woodlands Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Woodlands Academy?
- Woodlands Academy is part of HARBOUR LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Woodlands Academy'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 78% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Woodlands Academy rank locally?
- Woodlands Academy ranked 5th of 43 primary schools in North East Lincolnshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 84% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Woodlands Academy's absence rate?
- Woodlands Academy's overall absence rate is 4.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Woodlands Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Woodlands Academy'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 2026.