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Woodside Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Grangewood Avenue, Grays RM16 2GJ · woodsideacademy.org · 01375 372513
On the mapSearch near RM16 2GJ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 73%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Thurrock 69%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 662
- 2 over 660 places · 100%
- Local authority
- Thurrock
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 18.1%
- First language not English
- 14.2%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Woodside Academy
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 62 families put the school first and 69 places were offered; 98% 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 | 69 | 62 | 0.9 | 98% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 82 | 79 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 89 | 89 | 1 | 97% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 90 | 96 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 89 | 95 | 1.1▲ | 82% |
Results
In 2024/25, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 13% the higher standard. Across Thurrock it was 69%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲73% | 62% | ||
| ▲13% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 12 June 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Woodside Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 11 Jun 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Sept 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Oct 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (30 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 30
- 4% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied