Wood Field Primary School
General Information
- Address: Stanley Park Road, Carshalton, Carshalton, SM5 3HW – View on map
- Phone: 02086291400
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Ann Pratt
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 46 families put it first for 53 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 3 of the 53 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 8 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 143
- % eligible for free school meals: 23.7%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (similar to the Sutton average)
- English as an additional language: 36% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 11% a year (Sutton 14.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 39% moved to another school, 61% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Sutton: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 1
- Suspensions for bullying: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 4 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Sutton, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 5.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 16.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- SEN unit for Autism 63 places · 63 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 15.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 32 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 15 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 13 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 13 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 6 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 80 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2025 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 62% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 5% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 11 percentage points below the Sutton average (73%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 66% against an expected 67%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 66%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 75% · Writing 65% · Maths 78% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 77%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 108
- Based on: 128 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: 28th of 32 junior and primary schools in the area
- =26Avenue Primary Academy63%
- =26Green Lane Primary and Nursery School63%
- #28Wood Field Primary School62%
- #29Rushy Meadow Primary Academy61%
- #30Tweeddale Primary School48%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,981 (2024-25)
4th of 26 primary schools in Sutton for spending per pupil
- #2Wallington Primary Academy£10,746
- #3Muschamp Primary School and Language Opportunity Base£9,473
- #4Wood Field Primary School£8,981
- #5Dorchester Primary School£7,718
- #6Tweeddale Primary School£7,561
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