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Wood End Primary School, Wolverhampton

Good
Primary
Community school
Mixed
Ages 3–11

Wood End Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Wolverhampton. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in May 2015. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in February 2025 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 48th-highest of the 68 schools in Wolverhampton with published results, and 8,950th of 14,452 across England. It was 99% full in 2025.

SATs results
In line with England
Ofsted
Good (2015)
Demand
Every first choice offered
Attendance
In line with England
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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days

Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Wolverhampton (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.

Data last updated 26 Oct 2026

Wood End Primary School in detail

Wood End Primary School in its own words

In its own words: "The DfE have recently reinforced the need "to create and enforce a clear and rigorous expectation on all schools to promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs." 'Promoting fundamental British values as part of SMSC in schools."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:45am and after-school care.

Vision and values (school website)Wraparound care (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils at Wood End Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 70% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 79% and 75% in Wolverhampton and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 67% in reading and 70% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

Getting a place at Wood End Primary School

For September 2026 entry, 21 families put Wood End Primary School as their first choice and 70 named it as one of their preferences, for 21 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

Admissions history and your chances at Wood End Primary School

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Wood End Primary School are St Thomas' Church of England Primary Academy (0.3 miles, Good, 63% reading, 43% maths); Long Knowle Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 80% reading, 80% maths); Edward the Elder Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 91% reading, 84% maths); and Wodensfield Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 78% reading, 73% maths).

Wood End Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

St Thomas' Church of England Primary AcademyLong Knowle Primary SchoolEdward the Elder Primary SchoolWodensfield Primary School

What parents say

33 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Wood End Primary School (as of September 2025): 73% would recommend the school, 82% say their child is happy there and 33% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child does well at the school (88%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (33%).

Who goes there

35.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 30.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (51%), Asian (27%) and Mixed (10%).

In 2026, 37 pupils (16.7%) received SEN support and 6 (2.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Wolverhampton Rail Station, about 2.2 miles away in a straight line.

18 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Prestwood Avenue (adjacent), 150 metres away.

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, Wood End Primary School issued 7 suspensions, 3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to Wood End Primary School are Wednesfield Academy (0.6 miles), Central Learning Partnership (1.1 miles), Heath Park (1.1 miles) and Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy (1.1 miles).

Wednesfield AcademyCentral Learning PartnershipHeath ParkOur Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy

Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Every family who put it first was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance did not limit places that year.

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Miss Sonia Sharma
Pupils:221
LA:Wolverhampton
Phone:01902558940
Address:Wood End Road, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, WV11 1YQ
Status:open

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 2 years ago

This judgement is from May 2015, 11 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.

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Overall

Good

Quality of Education

Good

Behaviour & Attitudes

Good

Personal Development

Good

Leadership & Management

Good

Early Years

Inspected 11 February 2025View full report
URN:104322
UKPRN:10073149
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Wolverhampton North East
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

From Ofsted's February 2025 inspection report.

What This School Does Well

Wood End Primary excels at creating a caring community where children feel safe and supported. The school is particularly strong in teaching children to read from the start and in helping all pupils, including those with additional needs, make good progress. Pupils develop excellent personal qualities through many opportunities to take responsibility and lead activities.

Key Strengths

  • Strong phonics teaching and early reading support, helping all pupils including those with SEND to learn to read well
  • Excellent personal development opportunities with pupils leading lunchtime clubs and taking responsibility through roles like librarians
  • Effective support for pupils with SEND, with quick identification and well-adapted learning in classrooms
  • Consistent behaviour policy implemented fairly across the school, creating a calm and positive environment
  • Strong pastoral care and personal, social and health education curriculum teaching healthy relationships and emotional management

Areas for Improvement

  • Some curriculum areas do not clearly connect prior knowledge to new learning, preventing pupils from deepening their understanding over time
  • Assessment of pupil learning is not always thorough enough, leading to repeated errors particularly in number and letter formation
  • Early years activities sometimes lack careful planning and do not always provide enough practice opportunities for children to develop essential skills for Year 1

Safeguarding

Safeguarding arrangements are effective and the school has created a positive culture around safeguarding that prioritises pupils' interests.

Extracurricular Activities

Running and basketball lunchtime clubs, library roles, Shakespeare workshops, poetry workshops, recorder recitals

Wood End Primary School is a Good school where pupils enjoy attending and feel part of a welcoming community. The school has high aspirations for all pupils and maintains a calm, positive environment with strong emphasis on personal development.

At a Glance

35.3%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

What Parents Think

33 responses
Would recommend73%
Child is happy82%
Child does well88%
High expectations85%
Feels safe85%
Well behaved82%
Bullying dealt with (of parents with a view)33%
Kept informed76%
Handles concerns (of parents who raised one)69%
Wider development52%

Source: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading+10ppMathsWriting-3pp

Reading has improved from 67% to 77% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 70% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 67% (2024 to 2025).

Class Sizes

27.3

Avg class size

29.7

Infant (KS1)

28.5

KS2

6

Total classes

2025/26 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools

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Before and after school care

Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Wood End Primary School.

  • Progressive Sports @ Wodensfield720m away · Not yet graded
  • Progressive Sports @ Edward the Elder750m away · Not yet graded

Term dates

Wood End Primary School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Wolverhampton. Training (INSET) days, when pupils are not in school, vary by school: check the school's own calendar.

2026 to 2027

  • Autumn term: Tuesday 1 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026)
  • Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027)
  • Summer term: Monday 12 April to Wednesday 21 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027)

2027 to 2028

  • Autumn term: Thursday 2 September to Friday 17 December 2027 (half term Monday 25 October to Friday 29 October 2027)
  • Spring term: Tuesday 4 January to Friday 7 April 2028 (half term Monday 14 February to Friday 18 February 2028)
  • Summer term: Monday 24 April to Friday 21 July 2028 (half term Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028)

Source: Wolverhampton term dates

Getting There

Bus Stops

Prestwood Avenue (adj)
147m · 2 min walk
Wood End Road (after)
161m · 3 min walk
Jayne Close (adj)
172m · 3 min walk
Wootton Avenue (before)
183m · 3 min walk
Bealeys Avenue (adj)
261m · 4 min walk

Free school transport

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Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
16
Fatal
0
Serious
2
Children hurt
2

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 16 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 14 slight.

2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.

1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.

The typical figure for schools in Wolverhampton is 24 (the median across 126 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

99%

Near capacity

209 pupils

210 places

1 spare place in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Wolverhampton

High pressure
New homes approved:4,090
Projected new pupils:1,023

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Wolverhampton

Across Wolverhampton council

Low demand council-wide0.86 applications per place

Places available

3,735

Applications

3,213

Got 1st preference

93.2%

Got preferred school

98.7%

All primary applications across Wolverhampton council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Every first choice offered

Inspection History(9)

11 February 2025
Quality of EducationGood
Behaviour & AttitudesGood
Personal DevelopmentGood
Leadership & ManagementGood
Early YearsGood
10 December 2019

Ungraded inspection: The school remains Good.

21 May 2015
Leadership & ManagementGood

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

37

SEN Support

6

EHC Plans

19.5%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Social, Emotional & Mental Health17
Speech, Language & Communication10
Moderate Learning Difficulty9
Physical Disability3
Specific Learning Difficulty1
Visual Impairment1
Autistic Spectrum Disorder1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
50.7%
Asian
27.2%
Black
8.2%
Mixed
10.4%
Other
0.5%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals35.3%
English as Additional Language30.3%

221

Total Pupils

102

Boys

119

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

12

Teachers

18.4:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£48,742

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£6,103

Per pupil

£1472k

Total funding

£106k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£172,283
EAL funding£21,443
Lump sum£145,611

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

4.8%

Overall absence

12.6%

Persistent absence

190

Enrolments

Authorised3.0%
Unauthorised1.8%
Persistent (10%+)12.6%
Severe (50%+)0.0%

Absence trend

4.0%
18/19
2.4%
20/21
4.4%
21/22
6.9%
22/23
6.0%
23/24
4.8%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Questions parents ask about Wood End Primary School

What are SATs results like at Wood End Primary School?

Of the pupils at Wood End Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 77% reached the expected standard in reading and 70% did so in maths.

What is Wood End Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Wood End Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in February 2025, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in May 2015, it was rated Good.

What is the catchment area for Wood End Primary School?

No fixed boundary. When Wood End Primary School is oversubscribed, Wolverhampton allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.

Is it hard to get a place at Wood End Primary School?

Wood End Primary School was full in 2025, at 100% of its capacity, so places are allocated on the oversubscription criteria.

How big are the classes at Wood End Primary School?

Classes at Wood End Primary School average 27.3 pupils (2025/26).

How many pupils go to Wood End Primary School?

Wood End Primary School has around 221 pupils on roll. 35% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at Wood End Primary School?

4.8% of sessions were missed at Wood End Primary School in 2024/25. 12.6% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to Wood End Primary School?

Apply through Wolverhampton's coordinated admissions process, naming Wood End Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.

Does Wood End Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?

Ofsted's childcare register lists 2 out-of-school clubs within a kilometre of Wood End Primary School: Progressive Sports @ Wodensfield (720m away, registered, not yet graded) and Progressive Sports @ Edward the Elder (750m away, registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.

What are Wood End Primary School's term dates?

Wood End Primary School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Wolverhampton. In 2026 to 2027: Autumn term: Tuesday 1 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026); Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027); Summer term: Monday 12 April to Wednesday 21 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027). In 2027 to 2028: Autumn term: Thursday 2 September to Friday 17 December 2027 (half term Monday 25 October to Friday 29 October 2027); Spring term: Tuesday 4 January to Friday 7 April 2028 (half term Monday 14 February to Friday 18 February 2028); Summer term: Monday 24 April to Friday 21 July 2028 (half term Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028).

How many road collisions happen near Wood End Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 16 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 14 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Wolverhampton is 24 (the median across 126 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Wood End Primary School?

Wood End Primary School is at Wood End Road, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV11 1YQ.

Sources: Wolverhampton term dates; Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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