Woodhouse Primary School, Manchester
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Woodhouse Primary School creates a warm, nurturing environment where children thrive academically and socially. Pupils show outstanding behaviour, work collaboratively, and develop excellent learning skills from their earliest days. The school provides particularly strong support for children with additional needs, helping them make excellent progress.
Key Strengths
- Excellent behaviour and safety with pupils feeling very secure and working extremely hard
- High-quality, tailored support for disabled pupils and those with special educational needs, helping them make particularly good progress
- Strong collaborative skills among pupils that enhance both learning and social-moral development
- Engaging teaching with interesting activities and good use of technology that keeps pupils interested
- Early Years Foundation Stage where children make particularly good progress through skilled adult intervention
Areas for Improvement
- Some pupils occasionally receive tasks that are too difficult or too easy despite improved assessment procedures
- Teachers don't always check closely enough on all pupils' progress during lessons to provide timely help or challenge
- When marking written work, teachers don't consistently ensure pupils act on feedback in subsequent tasks
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective - pupils feel very safe in school and understand different kinds of bullying including cyber-bullying, which they say is almost unknown.
Extracurricular Activities
Cycling safety training, sporting events
Woodhouse Primary School is a good school where children make an excellent start in Reception and Nursery, with all groups of pupils making good progress throughout the school due to engaging teaching and above-average attainment. The school has strong leadership and is recovering well from a period of staffing instability.
At a Glance
7.5%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 97% to 80%. Maths has remained stable at around 90%. Writing has declined from 93% to 83%.
Class Sizes
28.6
Avg class size
28.3
Infant (KS1)
29.5
KS2
8
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
109%
Over capacity
228 pupils
210 capacity
18 places over capacity
Area Demand Pressure - Manchester
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Manchester
Admissions Demand - Trafford
Places available
3,030
Applications
2,467
Got 1st preference
95.1%
Got preferred school
99.6%
Primary admissions across Trafford (2025/26)
Inspection History(106)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
3.6557%
Overall absence
4.37158%
Persistent absence
183
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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