Primary school in Leyland, Lancashire
Woodlea Junior School
Woodlea Road, Leyland, Lancashire, PR25 1JL
Ofsted
Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 30 March 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 217
- Places
- 260
- How full
- 83% full — 217 of 260 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 102 / 115
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for South Ribble 015D, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 32%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 16%
- Households owning their home
- 78%
- Households in social housing
- 12%
- Households with no car
- 14%
- Adults economically inactive
- 42%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 7–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- ENDEAVOUR LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Jillian Shorrocks
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Ward
- Seven Stars
- Constituency
- South Ribble
- URN
- 152194
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leyland St Andrew's Church of England Infant SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Good 2023 | — | 0 mi |
| Leyland St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Good 2024 | 43% | 0.5 mi |
| Northbrook Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Requires improvement 2024 | 66% | 0.5 mi |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Good 2022 | 63% | 0.7 mi |
| Seven Stars Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2022 | 28% | 0.7 mi |
| Leyland Methodist Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2021 | 46% | 0.7 mi |
| Leyland Methodist Infant SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | — | 0.7 mi |
| Farington Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Good 2024 | 60% | 1.1 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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