Woodside Primary School

Woodside Primary School has effectively maintained its good standards since the previous inspection. The school promotes a safe and nurturing environment where pupils are encouraged to excel academically and socially. With a strong emphasis on early reading and mathematics, students are making good progress in their education, and support is provided to those who require it. Overall, the school is praised for its high expectations and the dedication of its staff to provide a positive learning experience for all pupils.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and enjoy a supportive school environment.
• Staff work effectively as a team to ensure high standards of learning.
• The curriculum is ambitious and covers national expectations.
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are well supported.
• There is a strong emphasis on early reading and mathematics.
• Pupils participate in a variety of extra-curricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils have excessive absence, impacting their learning.
• Not all parents understand the curriculum and how to support their children.
• Some pupils do not engage sufficiently in extra-curricular activities.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Woodside Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.8% of pupils at Woodside Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Woodside Primary School had 20.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 21.7% of pupils at Woodside Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Woodside Primary School received £6,331 and spent £6,242 for each of its 574 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £398,000 (£693 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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What is Woodside Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Woodside Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Woodside Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Woodside Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Woodside Primary School have?

Woodside Primary School has 558 pupils on roll.

What age range does Woodside Primary School cover?

Woodside Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Woodside Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Woodside Primary School?

Woodside Primary School is at Gittin Street, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 1DT.