Woodlands Primary Academy

State-Funded School

woodlands-primary-academy-oldham-north-west

North WestRegion

OldhamLocal Authority

Oldham East and SaddleworthConstituency

OL1 4HUPostcode

1.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Woodlands Primary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Oldham, North West.

It currently serves 292 pupils. Woodlands Primary Academy is part of SOUTH PENNINE ACADEMIES.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 36%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 101
Maths score: 100

Ethnicity

White

76%

Asian

Black

Mixed

10%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

292

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

48%

England average

27%

First language not English

15%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 292
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: SOUTH PENNINE ACADEMIES

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
28 Apr 2025	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Not judged
27 Feb 2020	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.