Wood Ley Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Stowmarket, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.590 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Wood Ley Community Primary School is a primary school in Stowmarket, Suffolk for ages 4–11 (community school). Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Wood Ley Community Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.590 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.590 miles from the school, nearer than in 2025.
- The 2026 Reception figure of 0.590 miles was the 12th shortest of the 48 Suffolk primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle was 1.55 miles.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 54 first-choice applications for 42 offers; 41 offers went to first-choice families, and 13 first-choice families (24%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 49% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Suffolk schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Lowry Way, Stowmarket, IP14 1UF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 307 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 10 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at Wood Ley Primary School enjoy their learning.”
- “They talk confidently about what they know and remember.”
- “For example, they can eagerly explain key facts about the Second World War and the Egyptians.”
To improve
- “However, these approaches are not yet having a consistent impact across all year groups and subjects.”
- “When an area needs to be improved, this process is not rushed.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 April 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 49% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 54 first-preference applications, 42 offers in total, 41 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Suffolk.
- Grace Cook Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chilton Community Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained
- Abbot's Hall Community Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained
- Cedars Park Community Primary School 1.5 mi Good
- Combs Ford Primary School 1.5 mi Not judged
- Trinity Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 1.7 mi Standards maintained
- Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.9 mi Good
- Crawford's Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published