Academy sponsor led · Suffolk

Woodhall Primary School

3–11Ages
448Pupils
PrimaryPhase
143860URN

Mayflower Way, Sudbury, CO10 1ST · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodDec 2019

Improved significantlyUngraded inspection · Mar 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.4per place

0.4 below Suffolk median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Suffolk

83 applications for 59 places · 137th of 165 in Suffolk

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

78%met the expected standard

Suffolk 60% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodDec 2019

Improved significantlyUngraded inspection · Mar 2025

The graded inspection, 3 December 2019Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Inspection history

26 March 2025
Ungraded inspection: Improved significantly
3 December 2019
Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.4applications per place, Reception

0.4 below Suffolk median (1.8) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

83 applications · 59 places offered · 52 named it first

2026 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.8
2025 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.8
2024 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.8
2023 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.8
2022 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.8
2021 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.9
2020 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.7
2019 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.8
2018 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.8
2017 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.8
2016 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
2015 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
2014 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Suffolk median in 0 of 10 years.

This school
Suffolk median

Dashed bars: as Woodhall Community Primary School (URN 124560), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	59	83	1.4	52	0.88
Sep 2025	55	82	1.5	54	0.98
Sep 2024	45	64	1.4	43	0.96
Sep 2023	52	85	1.6	51	0.98
Sep 2022	42	70	1.7	42	1.00
Sep 2021	42	59	1.4	39	0.93
Sep 2020	42	67	1.6	40	0.95
Sep 2019	42	61	1.5	42	1.00
Sep 2018	44	73	1.7	44	1.00
Sep 2017	45	67	1.5	45	1.00
Sep 2016 *	60	98	1.6	69	1.15
Sep 2015 *	56	86	1.5	48	0.86
Sep 2014 *	49	76	1.6	42	0.86

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 81% · Writing 83% · Maths 79% → all three 78% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard78%23rd of 223 in Suffolk

Suffolk 60% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard81%

Suffolk 76% England 78%

Higher standard32%

Suffolk 32% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard83%

Suffolk 73% England 75%

Greater depth13%

Suffolk 11% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard79%

Suffolk 73% England 77%

Higher standard19%

Suffolk 21% England 24%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Suffolk median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	78%	8%	106	105
2023/24	64%	11%	105	105
2022/23	68%	11%	104	107

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Woodhall Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Improved significantly2025

1.4applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
Tudor Church of England Primary School, Sudbury
0.5 km · Suffolk

Remains Good2024

1.9applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
1.0 km · Suffolk

Remains Good2023
St Gregory Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
1.6 km · Suffolk

Remains Good2022

3.0applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Pot Kiln Primary School
2.0 km · Suffolk

Remains Good2022

1.6applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
Acton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
2.9 km · Suffolk

Remains Good2023

1.9applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
Long Melford Church of England Primary School
2.9 km · Suffolk

Standards maintained2024

1.5applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
Wells Hall Primary School
3.0 km · Suffolk

2026

1.4applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
Great Waldingfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
3.1 km · Suffolk

Good2022

1.8applications per place 57%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

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School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 143860 · 935/2198
Trust: Unity Schools Partnership
Capacity: 420 pupils · 448 on roll
Free school meals: 29.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: SEN unit
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 January 2017
Replaced: Woodhall Community Primary School (URN 124560)
Address: Mayflower Way, Sudbury, CO10 1ST
Local authority: Suffolk · Babergh

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources