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Woodside Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Sponsored academy
Highgate Road, Woodside, Dudley DY2 0SN · woodside.dudley.sch.uk · 01384 818245
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 28%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Dudley 61%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 501
- 81 over 420 places · 119%
- Local authority
- Dudley
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 38.7%
- First language not English
- 31.3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Hales Valley Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 52 families put the school first and 56 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 | 56 | 52 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 69 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 55 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 74 | 1.2▲ | 77% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 53 | 49 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 28% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 2% the higher standard. Across Dudley it was 61%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼28% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼99 | 106 | ||
| ▼99 | 105 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 103817)
Ofsted
Woodside Primary School and Nursery was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 21 November 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 21 Nov 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 103817), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Apr 2015Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 103817)
What parents said
87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (15 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 87%
- Replies
- 15
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on the 53% who had a child bullied