Woodlands Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Cheshire West and Chester Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Woodlands Primary School is a primary school in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 January 2023. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 3 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 17.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 26.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester.
- There were 55 first-choice applications for 63 offers for Reception 2026; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 8 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 49% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 figure was the 3rd lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Cheshire West and Chester schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Eddisbury Road, Whitby, Ellesmere Port, CH66 2JT
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 533 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 January 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders and teachers want all pupils, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), to be successful.”
- “The school’s exciting and ambitious curriculum is helping pupils to know, remember and understand more.”
- “Pupils enjoy learning and achieve well.”
To improve
- “However, this is not the case in all subjects.”
- “This means that in one or two subjects, some children are not as ready as they could be for the curriculum in key stage 1.”
- “However, in a very few subjects, leaders’ systems to check on pupils’ learning are in their infancy.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 March 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) | 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: 55 first-preference applications, 63 offers in total, 55 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 Cheshire West and Chester.
- Meadow Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Ellesmere Port Christ Church CofE Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Saviour's Catholic Primary and Nursery School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Whitby Heath Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Brookside Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Oaks Community Primary School 1.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- The Acorns Primary and Nursery School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published