Woodford Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Plymouth
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
6.05 miles
Published by Plymouth City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Woodford Primary School is a primary school in Plymouth for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Improved significantly, from the inspection on 18 December 2024. Plymouth has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Woodford 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 | 6.05 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 6.05 miles from the school, the 4th longest of 67 Plymouth primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.43 miles).
- 2026 Reception entry had 43 first-choice applications for 44 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 12% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Plymouth schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Litchaton Way, Plympton, Plymouth, PL7 4RR
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Plymouth
- Pupils on roll
- 398 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Improved significantly Inspected 18 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils achieve exceptionally well at Woodford Primary School.”
- “The curriculum is ambitious and inspires pupils to learn.”
- “Pupils have an excellent recall of what they have learned and can apply this to new learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 January 2025 (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) | 77% | 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: 43 first-preference applications, 44 offers in total, 43 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 Plymouth.
- Boringdon Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Priory CofE Infant & Nursery School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Priory Junior School 0.9 mi Good
- Leigham Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Austin Farm Academy 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Plympton St Maurice Primary School 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- High View School 1.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Edward's CofE Primary School 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published