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The Woodside Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Sponsored academy
Wood Street, London E17 3JX · woodsideprimaryacademy.com · 020 8520 5168
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Outstanding
- Ungraded inspection · May 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 69%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Waltham Forest 74%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Waltham Forest Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,188
- 94% of 1,260 places
- Local authority
- Waltham Forest
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 33%
- First language not English
- 45.4%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Reach2 Academy Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Waltham Forest Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 106 families put the school first and 118 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 118 | 106 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 130 | 113 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 143 | 130 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 147 | 126 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 138 | 128 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 69% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% the higher standard. Across Waltham Forest it was 74%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲69% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 11 May 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for The Woodside Primary Academy was: School remains Outstanding.
- Outcome
- Remains Outstanding
- Inspected
- 10 May 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jul 2016
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jul 2016Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Apr 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (136 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 85%
- Replies
- 136
- 11% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied
based on 18 parents (13%) with SEND