Community school · Sefton
Woodlands Primary School
- Primary
- Ages 3–11
- Term dates set by the council
Term dates
Sefton council sets the term dates for this school. See all Sefton dates, taken from the council's own page.
2026/27
2027/28
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Admissions
Places for Reception and junior school are applied for through your home council, not the school.
Apply for a primary school place on GOV.UK
How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.
How many families applied: Reception
For September 2026, 44 families put this school as their first choice, and 45 places were offered. 42 of the families who put it first got a place (95%).
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 45 | 44 | 95% |
| September 2025 | 29 | 26 | 100% |
| September 2024 | 45 | 37 | 89% |
Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.
Before and after school
These clubs are registered with Ofsted at the school's postcode, so usually run on the school site:
- LastAct After School Club Woodlands, after-school club. Ofsted report
- School's Out Woodlands. Ofsted report
Ask the club or the school about times, prices and places. More clubs nearby.
Ofsted inspection
Report card, 21 April 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Safeguarding standards: met.
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Pupils
- 349 (capacity 342)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Phone
- 01704876444
- Address
- Woodlands Road, Formby, Liverpool, L37 2JN
- Website
- woodlandsschoolformby.co.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.