Woodlands Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Salisbury, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.405 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Woodlands Primary School is a primary school in Salisbury, Wiltshire for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 16 May 2023. Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Woodlands 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 | 0.405 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 50% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reading, writing and maths results in 2024/25 were lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Wiltshire that have results.
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.405 miles away, the 7th shortest of 192 Wiltshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 3.68 miles).
- 58% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wiltshire is 15.1%.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Wiltshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Winding Way, Salisbury, SP2 9DY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 193 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 58% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 16 May 2023
Strengths
- “Woodlands is a highly inclusive school.”
- “They enjoy school and talk enthusiastically about their learning.”
- “Pupils have warm relationships with adults.”
To improve
- “However, a small minority of pupils do not behave as well on the playground.”
- “Pupils say that adults do address these issues but the number of incidents is still too high.”
- “Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the work on the curriculum not having had its full impact, outcomes in national curriculum tests in 2022 were low.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 June 2023 (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) | 50% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 25 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 Wiltshire.
- Bemerton St John Church of England Primary 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Pembroke Park Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St. Peter's CE Primary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Stratford-sub-Castle Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Salisbury, Manor Fields Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mark's CofE Junior School, Salisbury 1.8 mi Standards maintained
- Wyndham Park Infants' School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published