Woodlands Primary School

Tall oaks from little acorns grow

Woodlands is at the heart of the community. It is a larger than average primary school in an area of high deprivation with a high percentage of pupils entitled to free school meals. The school is part of an alliance of schools that work together to share and develop good practice.

In 2011 the school was placed into special measures as a result of poor results. Rather than accept defeat, the staff as a whole took up the challenge to turn the school around. This resulted in us being taken out of measures within 18 months and in 2012 98% of pupils had made 2 levels progress in maths and 100% in English, putting the school in the top 9% for progress nationally. At our next inspection in October 2013 the school was judged to be good.