Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands

About Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands

Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands is a mixed state primary in Doncaster with 388 pupils on roll against a capacity of 472, meaning it has around 18% spare places. That spare capacity is notable given the school’s local context: 47.8% of its pupils are eligible for free school meals, a figure well above the national average and a strong indicator of the area’s socioeconomic profile. Despite this, demand is solid — for the 2025/26 intake, the school received 65 applications for 50 places, with 46 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.3. That suggests families in the catchment are actively choosing Woodlands, even though it isn’t the most oversubscribed primary in Doncaster. The school has a nursery provision for three-year-olds, which feeds into the main school, and its religious character is listed as ‘does not apply’, so it’s a fully secular option. Headteacher Donna Burnett leads a school that has clearly been through significant change, as its most recent Ofsted inspection shows.

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