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Woodland Primary Academy

  • 5–11Ages
  • 170Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 151024URN

Clough Avenue, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 2NJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2020 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.4per place
0.6 below Bolton median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Bolton

30 applications for 22 places · 82nd of 91 in Bolton
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 21 January 2020Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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
0.6 below Bolton median (2.0) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

30 applications · 22 places offered · 16 named it first

  1. 2026 1.4; Bolton median median 2.0
  2. 2025 1.3; Bolton median median 2.0
  3. 2024 1.1; Bolton median median 2.1; as the previous school
  4. 2023 1.2; Bolton median median 1.9; as the previous school
  5. 2022 1.8; Bolton median median 2.1; as the previous school
  6. 2021 1.4; Bolton median median 2.1; as the previous school
  7. 2020 1.0; Bolton median median 2.2; as the previous school
  8. 2019 1.4; Bolton median median 2.1; as the previous school
  9. 2018 0.9; Bolton median median 2.1; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.5; Bolton median median 2.0; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.0; Bolton median median 2.1; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.1; Bolton median median 2.2; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.0; Bolton median median 2.1; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Bolton median

Dashed bars: as Washacre Primary School (URN 105199), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202622301.4160.73
Sep 202521281.3100.48
Sep 2024 *22231.1100.45
Sep 2023 *25291.2120.48
Sep 2022 *8141.881.00
Sep 2021 *15211.4120.80
Sep 2020 *23241.0170.74
Sep 2019 *14201.4120.86
Sep 2018 *24210.9120.50
Sep 2017 *14211.5141.00
Sep 2016 *25241.0130.52
Sep 2015 *24271.1190.79
Sep 2014 *22221.0140.64

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

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
151024 · 350/2079
Trust
The Quill C of E Trust
Capacity
210 pupils · 170 on roll
Free school meals
41.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
SEN unit
Opened
1 October 2024
Replaced
Washacre Primary School (URN 105199)
Address
Clough Avenue, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 2NJ
Local authority
Bolton

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