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Woodside Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Jones Road, Goffs Oak, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross EN7 5JS · woodside.herts.sch.uk · 01707 888333
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 76%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Hertfordshire 64%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 1.39 mi
- 2.23 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Not Nearest School · Hertfordshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 229
- 19 over 210 places · 109%
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 12.7%
- First language not English
- 9.2%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Ivy Learning Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Not Nearest School” went to a home 1.39 mi (2.23 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 1.23 mi (1.98 km). Source: Hertfordshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 25 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 92% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 30 | 25 | 0.8 | 92% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 24 | 0.8 | 88% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 29 | 24 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 26 | 22 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 90% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.39 mi2.23 km | |
| September 2025 | 1.23 mi1.98 km | |
| September 2022 | 1.12 mi1.80 km | |
| September 2024 | All | |
Every applicant was offered a place (29 allocations for 30 places).
Results
In 2024/25, 76% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 21% the higher standard. Across Hertfordshire it was 64%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲76% | 62% | ||
| ▲21% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 117321)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 22 January 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Woodside Primary School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 21 Jan 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jan 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 117321), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jan 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 117321)
May 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 117321)
May 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 117321)
What parents said
99% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (81 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 99%
- Replies
- 81
- 35% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 72% who raised concerns
based on the 17% who had a child bullied
based on 19 parents (23%) with SEND