- What did Ofsted judge Woods Loke Primary School's overall effectiveness to be?
- Ofsted judged Woods Loke Primary School's overall effectiveness as Outstanding at its inspection in April 2024, on Ofsted's own scale.
- How many pupils attend Woods Loke Primary School?
- Woods Loke Primary School has 483 pupils on roll.
- What ages does Woods Loke Primary School take?
- Woods Loke Primary School admits pupils aged 2 to 11.
- Where is Woods Loke Primary School located?
- Woods Loke Primary School is located in Lowestoft, NR32 3EB, Suffolk.
- How do I apply to Woods Loke Primary School?
- Woods Loke Primary School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.
- How close do you need to live to get into Woods Loke Primary School?
- On offer day for 2026-27 (Reception), the furthest place offered at Woods Loke Primary School was 0.839 miles from the school. That is the distance the last place reached in one year, not a boundary and not a guarantee — it moves with the number of applicants.
- How are Reception places decided at Woods Loke Primary School?
- When Woods Loke Primary School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after and previously looked after children — Looked after children (children in care) and children who were previously looked after (children who were in care, but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order, immediately following having been in care, including those who appear [to the admission authority] to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted); 2. Sibling link — Sibling: where the child has a sibling in the school or a sibling has already been offered a place at the school, and where the sibling will still be attending the school at the time of admission. Priority will be given, where necessary, to applications where there is the smallest age gap in calendar days between the child’s date of birth and the date of birth of any sibling already attending the school, or who has been offered a place at the time of application; 3. Distance from the school — Other children by distance from the school with priority for admission being given to those who live nearest to the school as measured by a straight line. All straight line distances are calculated using Google maps straight line distance measurements. The data plots the distance from the address-point between which the straight line distance is measured and reported to two decimal places. Where there is more than one home within a single building (for example apartments) we will measure to a single point within that building irrespective of where those homes are located. Sibling Tie-breaker Priority will be given, where necessary, to applications where there is the smallest age gap in calendar days between the child’s date of birth and the date of birth of any sibling already attending the school, or who has been offered a place at the time of application. In the unlikely event that two applicants competing for a single place at a school have the same number of days difference in age from their closest aged sibling, the place will be offered to one applicant on the basis of lots drawn by an officer of Suffolk County Council not involved with admissions. Distance Tie-breaker It is possible that the PAN of the school will be reached in any one of the categories set out above. For this reason, all applications will be prioritised according to the criteria described. Decisions will be made about the offer of places in accordance with those priorities. If it is necessary to use a tie- breaker to distinguish between two or more applications, a distance criterion will be used. We will give priority to the applicants who live nearest to the school as measured by a straight line. In the unlikely event that two applicants competing for a single place at a school live the same distance from the school, the place will be offered to one applicant on the basis of lots drawn by someone independent of the school. If the final place available is offered to a twin, triplet or other multiple birth and the remaining sibling(s) would ordinarily be refused, we will offer places to the remaining sibling(s). The school offers 60 places at this entry point.
- What is the largest ethnic background at Woods Loke Primary School?
- According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 94.8% of pupils at Woods Loke Primary School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.