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Woodgrange Infant School

Primary · Community school · London, E7 0NJ

Requires improvement

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Woodgrange Infant School Ofsted rating

Ofsted four-point inspection gradesInspected 25 Mar 2025

Area360 rating
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Early years
Good
Safeguarding
Effective

School facts

PhasePrimary
TypeCommunity school
Ages3 to 7
Pupils378
GenderMixed
Head teacherMrs S Soyler
Local authorityNewham
WebsiteVisit

Source: Get Information about Schools, URN 102722.

Pupils

2025/26

Pupils at the January school census.

MeasureThis school
Total pupils378
Girls195
Boys183
Eligible for free school mealsPupils from low-income families who can get free school meals.16.1%
First language not English55%
School places2024/25Capacity, not including nursery.360
Pupils excluding nurseryPupils who take up school places.340
Unfilled placesShare of school places not taken.5.6%
SEN supportPupils with special educational needs who get extra help at school.67
EHC planEducation, health and care plan: a legal plan for pupils with more complex needs.13
Average class size25.8

Source: DfE, Schools, pupils and their characteristics and School capacity, Academic year 2025/26, published 04 Jun 2026.

Pupils ethnicity

2025/26

Share of pupils in each ethnic group, as recorded at the January school census.

Pupils ethnicity

White British
28.3%
Bangladeshi
19.3%
Other White
14.3%
Pakistani
7.7%
Indian
6.9%
Other mixed
4.8%
White and Asian
4.5%
African
2.6%
Other Black
2.4%
Other ethnic group
2.4%

Source: DfE, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, Academic year 2025/26, published 04 Jun 2026.

Teachers and staff

2025/26

Staff numbers are full-time equivalent (FTE). Teacher turnover shows where the school's teachers were by the following year's census.

MeasureThis school
Pupils per teacher21
Pupils per adultAdults include teaching assistants.8.8
Teachers (FTE)17.4
Teaching assistants (FTE)22.69
Support staff (FTE)28.83
Teachers in census year (FTE)2024/2517
Teachers who stayed (FTE)2024/2516.4
Teachers who moved to another state school (FTE)2024/250
Teachers who left state schools (FTE)2024/250.6

Source: DfE, School workforce in England, Reporting year 2025, published 04 Jun 2026.

Admissions

2026/27

Applications and offers for the main entry points. Offers from oversubscribed schools depend on each school's admissions criteria; check the local authority admissions page.

MeasureThis school
Offers made (Reception)Places offered on national offer day.120
Applications (Reception)Includes every preference parents listed.228
First preference applications (Reception)Families who put this school as their first choice.114
First preference offers (Reception)First-choice applicants who were offered a place.109
Applications from another local authority (Reception)16

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, Academic year 2026/27, published 18 Jun 2026.

Attendance

2025/26

Share of possible sessions missed.

MeasureThis schoolNewhamEngland
Overall absence5.8%, worse than England, similar to Newham5.9%5.1%
Persistent absencePupils missing 10% or more of sessions.18.1%, worse than England, similar to Newham18%13.2%
Severe absencePupils missing 50% or more of sessions.2.1%, worse than England, similar to Newham1.9%1%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England, Autumn and spring term 2025/26, published 15 Oct 2026.

Suspensions and exclusions

2024/25

Suspension rate is the number of suspensions per 100 pupils, so one pupil can be counted more than once. A permanently excluded pupil is removed from the school roll.

MeasureThis school
Suspension rate0%
Pupils with one or more suspensions0%
Permanent exclusion rate0%
Permanent exclusions0

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, Academic year 2024/25, published 09 Jul 2026.

Nearby schools

Ratings include official Ofsted judgements and Area360 summaries of inspection grades. Open a school’s profile for its inspection grades and results.

Schools near Woodgrange Infant School
DistancePhaseNameTypeRatingLinks
0.1 miPrimaryGodwin Junior SchoolCommunity school
Good
0.2 miNurseryKay Rowe Nursery SchoolLocal authority nursery school
Outstanding
0.3 miSecondaryForest Gate Community SchoolAcademy converter
Outstanding
0.3 miNot applicableZakariya Primary SchoolOther independent school
Good
0.4 miPrimarySandringham Primary SchoolCommunity school
Outstanding
0.5 miPrimarySt James' CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school
Good
0.5 miNot applicableQuwwat Ul Islam Girls' SchoolOther independent school
Good
0.6 miPrimaryEarlham Primary SchoolAcademy converter
Outstanding
0.6 miSecondarySt Angela's Ursuline SchoolVoluntary aided school
Outstanding
0.7 miPrimaryMonega Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led
Outstanding

Frequently asked questions about Woodgrange Infant School

What is Woodgrange Infant School's Ofsted rating?

Woodgrange Infant School is rated Requires improvement, last inspected on 25 Mar 2025. Recent Ofsted inspections have no single overall grade, so Area360 summarises the inspection grades.

How hard is it to get into Woodgrange Infant School?

For Reception entry in 2026/27, Woodgrange Infant School made 120 offers from 228 applications (1.9 per offer), and 109 of 114 first-preference applicants got a place. Applications include every preference parents listed.

How many pupils attend Woodgrange Infant School?

Woodgrange Infant School has 378 pupils aged 3 to 7.

What is the capacity of Woodgrange Infant School?

Woodgrange Infant School had 360 school places in 2024/25.

How big are classes at Woodgrange Infant School?

At Woodgrange Infant School, the average class had 25.8 pupils in 2025/26, and there were 21 pupils per teacher.

What is attendance like at Woodgrange Infant School?

In 2025/26, pupils at Woodgrange Infant School missed 5.8% of sessions (England 5.1%), and 18.1% were persistently absent, missing 10% or more of sessions (England 13.2%).

Figures are the latest published by the Department for Education for each measure. Small numbers are suppressed by the publisher to protect pupils' privacy. Read how Area360 school ratings and rankings work.