Woods Loke Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Lowestoft, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.839 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Woods Loke Primary School is a primary school in Lowestoft, Suffolk for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 16 April 2024. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Woods Loke 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 | 0.839 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
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 0.839 miles away, the 17th shortest of 48 Suffolk primary schools with a published last distance.
- For Reception, the 2026 last distance offered was nearer the school than in 2025.
- For Reception 2026, there were 68 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 55 offers went to first-choice families, so 13 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 75% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Suffolk.
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
- Butley Drive, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, NR32 3EB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 483 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 16 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils love their school and value the education they receive.”
- “They attend exceptionally well.”
- “They behave respectfully and are kind.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 May 2024 (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) | 75% | 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: 68 first-preference applications, 59 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 Suffolk.
- The Limes Primary Academy 0.6 mi Good
- Northfield St Nicholas Primary Academy 0.9 mi Good
- Poplars Community Primary School 0.9 mi Requires improvement
- Roman Hill Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged
- St Margaret's Primary Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Oulton Broad Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Gunton Primary Academy 1.1 mi School remains Good
- Dell Primary School 1.4 mi Good