Woodside Primary School and Nursery

DudleyAcademy sponsor led

Highgate Road, Woodside, Dudley, DY2 0SN

Headteacher: Miss Sarah GreenSchool website ↗Pupils: 496 (capacity: 420)Part of HALES VALLEY TRUST
Ofsted Good
Inspected November 2023
Oversubscribed
83% of first-choice applicants offered a place
28%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Good
Inspected November 2023
83%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 21 November 2023Full report ↗

Good

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Rated Good across all inspected areas — Quality of Teaching, Behaviour, Pupils' Development and Leadership.

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
28.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
2.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 45%·Writing 72%·Maths 40%All three 28%
Reading
Expected45%
Exceeding8%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected72%
Exceeding3%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected40%
Exceeding10%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
60
How many families wanted this school first?
69
How many got their first choice?
57of 69 (82.6%)
How many applied in total?
105

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
45.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
28.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
23.0%
Boys and girls
48%girls·52%boys
236 girls, 260 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↓ Peaked at 47% (2022/23), currently 28%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1627.0%2.0%-4.5+0.7-3.0
2016/17-----
2017/1835.0%2.0%-5.5+2.4-3.4
2018/1940.0%6.0%-4.6-0.8-1.9
2022/2347.0%2.0%-1.7+1.8-1.0
2023/2445.0%2.0%---
2024/2528.0%2.0%---