Woodstone Community Primary School, Coalville

From the headteacher's welcome: "It's really important your child reads regularly at home. We have a weekly reading raffle where we celebrate the children's reading at home. Children who have read 5 times or more during the week will be entered into the reading raffle with the chance to win a prize! Please remember to record your child's reads in their reading diary."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include athletics, cross-country, choir, coding and gardening.

The school runs after-school care.

In 2025, 87% of Year 6 pupils at Woodstone Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 74% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 77% in Leicestershire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 87% in reading and 83% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 39 families put Woodstone Community Primary School as their first choice and 120 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 10 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Woodstone Community Primary School are All Saints Church of England Primary School, Coalville (1.2 miles, Good, 92% reading, 96% maths); Hugglescote Community Primary School (1.4 miles); Belvoirdale Community Primary School (1.6 miles, Good, 67% reading, 59% maths); and Saint Clare's Primary School A Catholic Voluntary Academy, Coalville, Leicestershire (1.7 miles, Good, 76% reading, 69% maths).

Woodstone Community Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

86 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Woodstone Community Primary School (as of September 2025): 100% would recommend the school, 100% say their child is happy there and 82% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school supports their child's wider development (100%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (82%).

15.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 4.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (87%) and Mixed (7%).

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Woodstone Community Primary School.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Beech Avenue (opposite), 210 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Woodstone Community Primary School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 11 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, burglary and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Leicestershire (58).

Woodstone Community Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.