Woodlands Primary School
Eddisbury Road, Ellesmere Port, CH66 2JT
533 pupils · 78% of 682 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Free school meals
- 17.5%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 18 January 2023, published 9 March 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 49% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 3% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.87 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 63 | 55 | 122 | 63 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 50 | 48 | 101 | 50 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 43 | 40 | 99 | 43 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 44 | 41 | 96 | 44 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 44 | 41 | 79 | 44 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 54 | 46 | 76 | 51 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 67 | 48 | 93 | 61 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 62 | 44 | 87 | 54 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Meadow Primary School 0.6 km · Most areas: Strong standard (2025)
- Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School 0.9 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Ellesmere Port Christ Church CofE Primary School 0.9 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- St Saviour's Catholic Primary and Nursery School 1 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Whitby Heath Primary School 1.1 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Brookside Primary School 1.4 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.