Wood Field Primary School
Stanley Park Road, Carshalton, Carshalton, SM5 3HW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- GREENSHAW LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Ann Pratt
- Sponsor
- Greenshaw Learning Trust
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Carshalton and Wallington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 840
- Pupils on roll
- 604
- URN
- 149360
- Local authority
- Sutton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02086291400
About this school
Wood Field Primary School is a primary academy in Carshalton. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 604 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Wood Field 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
- Outstanding
- 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 | 125 | 126 | 128 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 67% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 13% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 76% | 75% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 77% | 79% | 78% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 76% | 79% | 77% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 108.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.40 | - | - |
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 Field 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 | Sutton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 67% | 63.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 64.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 62% | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 771 |
| 2023/24 | 748 |
| 2024/25 | 680 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wood Field Primary School compares
Wood Field Primary School ranked 26th of 31 primary schools in Sutton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 45% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 62% | 5.3% | 20.6% | 604 | — |
| Stanley Park Junior School | 70% | 3.5% | 11% | 368 | 0.3 miles |
| Stanley Park Infants School | — | 4.2% | 9.5% | 286 | 0.3 miles |
| All Saints Carshalton Church of England Primary School | 78% | 3.3% | 5.8% | 432 | 0.6 miles |
| St Mary's RC Junior School | 71% | 3.6% | 4.7% | 361 | 0.7 miles |
| Bandon Hill Primary School | 65% | 6.3% | 18.6% | 439 | 0.8 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)
- 20.59%
- English as an additional language
- 36%
- Overall absence
- 5.34%
- Persistent absence
- 15.99%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Stanley Park Junior School0.3 miles
Primary · Carshalton
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Stanley Park Infants School0.3 miles
Primary · Carshalton
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All Saints Carshalton Church of England Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Carshalton
-
St Mary's RC Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Carshalton
-
Bandon Hill Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Wallington
Other schools in Carshalton
Wood Field Primary School ranks 7th of the 10 ranked primary schools in Carshalton.
- All Saints Carshalton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Barrow Hedges Primary School Primary
- Green Wrythe Primary School Primary
- Harris Junior Academy Carshalton Primary
- Muschamp Primary School and Language Opportunity Base Primary
- Rushy Meadow Primary Academy Primary
- St Mary's RC Infants School Primary
- St Mary's RC Junior School Primary
- Stanley Park Infants School Primary
- Stanley Park Junior School Primary
- Tweeddale Primary School Primary
- Victor Seymour Infants' School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Wood Field Primary School teach?
- Wood Field Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Carshalton.
- Who is the headteacher of Wood Field Primary School?
- The headteacher of Wood Field Primary School is Mrs Ann Pratt, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Wood Field Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wood Field 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 Field Primary School?
- Wood Field Primary School has 604 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Wood Field Primary School full?
- Wood Field Primary School has capacity for 840 pupils and 604 on roll (72%), 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 Field Primary School a faith school?
- No. Wood Field Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Wood Field Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Wood Field Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Wood Field Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Wood Field Primary School is part of GREENSHAW LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Wood Field Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Wood Field Primary School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Wood Field Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 67% in 2022/23 and 62% 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 Field Primary School compare with other schools in Sutton?
- Wood Field Primary School ranked 26th of 31 primary schools in Sutton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 45% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% 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 Field Primary School's absence rate?
- Wood Field Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wood Field Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wood Field 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 2026.