Woodlands Infant and Nursery School
Woodlands Infant and Nursery School is a council school in Lincoln for boys and girls aged 3 to 7. It has 81 pupils and room for 252. About 38 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England.
Whitethorn Grove, Birchwood, Lincoln, LN6 0PF01522 683557woodlands.lincs.sch.ukMiss Joanne Bingwa headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
116 places were empty (64% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in. Pupil numbers have fallen by 40% since 2021/22, so places are getting easier to find.
In 2026 every child who applied got a place, so how far away you live didn't matter. That could change if the school gets more popular.
We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.
How places were given out for September 2026. Every child who applied got a place (24 offers for 60 places).
| Entry | Places | Got a place | How far the last child lived | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Primary | 60 | 24 | – all offered | LA |
| 2025 Primary | 60 | 22 | – all offered | LA |
| 2024 Primary | 60 | 24 | – all offered | LA |
| 2023 Primary | 60 | 20 | – all offered | LA |
| 2022 Primary | 60 | 24 | – all offered | LA |
| 2021 Primary | 60 | 32 | – all offered | LA |
| 2020 Primary | 60 | 44 | – all offered | LA |
| 2019 Primary | 60 | 35 | – all offered | LA |
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (6), emotional and mental health (3), Autistic spectrum disorder (1), Moderate learning difficulty (1), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 81 | 83 | 106 | 121 | 131 | 129 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 37% | 39% | 47% | 51% | 41% | 34% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 21% | 15% | 9% | 7% | 8% | 8% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 7% | 11% | 7% | 14% | 14% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 4% | 2% | 5% | 3% | 4% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 93.7% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2018/19 | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 6.3% | 6.3% | 5.6% | 7.9% | 2.6% | 4.4% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 5.1% | 4.7% | 4.5% | 5.7% | 2.0% | 3.6% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.2% | 1.6% | 1.1% | 2.2% | 0.6% | 0.8% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 15.9% | 17.2% | 17.3% | 21.9% | 7.3% | 8.5% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Birchwood Junior School | Council | 480 m | 253 | Good 2023 | 22 | Compare |
| The Lancaster School | Foundation | 630 m | 99 | Good 2023 | 11 | Compare |
| St Hugh's Catholic Primary, A Voluntary Academy | Academy | 990 m | 267 | No overall grade 2024 | 51 | Compare |
| Leslie Manser Primary School | Council | 0.7 miles | 264 | Good 2020 | 19 | Compare |
| Skellingthorpe the Holt Primary School | Council | 1.1 miles | 192 | Good 2023 | 41 | Compare |
| Hartsholme Academy | Academy | 1.1 miles | 346 | No overall grade 2025 | 29 | Compare |
| St Lawrence Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 1.2 miles | 196 | Good 2023 | 64 | Compare |
| The Priory Witham Academy | Academy | 1.8 miles | 1,068 | Good 2023 | 23 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Woodlands Infant and Nursery School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Woodlands Infant and Nursery School yet.
How many pupils does Woodlands Infant and Nursery School have?
81 pupils aged 3 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 252 places, so it is 32% full.
Is Woodlands Infant and Nursery School oversubscribed?
Probably not. 116 places were empty in 2024/25 (64% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at Woodlands Infant and Nursery School?
Pupils were in school 93.7% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 16% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Woodlands Infant and Nursery School?
The average class had 10.2 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
Does Woodlands Infant and Nursery School have a breakfast club?
Yes. It is on the government's free breakfast club programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Whitethorn Grove, Birchwood, Lincoln, LN6 0PF
- Telephone
- 01522 683557
- Website
- www.woodlands.lincs.sch.uk
- Headteacher
- Miss Joanne Bingwa
- Free breakfast club
- Yes: on the government's programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school (listed since September 2026).
- Type of school
- Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 3-7, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Ward
- Birchwood
- Constituency
- Lincoln
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 120436 · LAESTAB 9252135 · UKPRN 10074041
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Admissions outcomes: Lincolnshire council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
- Breakfast club: DfE list of schools on the free breakfast club programme.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.