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Woodside Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 229 pupils Waltham Cross
Ofsted: Good
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Woodside Primary School is an academy converter in Waltham Cross for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 229 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Woodside Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2019 of its predecessor, Woodside Primary School. In 2025, 76% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: March 2025. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Jones Road
Goffs Oak
Cheshunt
Waltham Cross
Hertfordshire
EN7 5JS
Phone 01707888333
Reference Number 147879

General Makeup

Number of pupils 229
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.4%
Girls: 47.6%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 12.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 9.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.6
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 14 15 29
2 19 11 30
3 15 15 30
4 16 12 28
5 16 13 29
6 10 20 30

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 49.8%
White, Other 17%
Unclassified 9.6%
Mixed, Other 9.2%
White & Black (Caribbean) 3.5%
Indian 2.6%
African 2.2%
White & Asian 1.7%
Pakistani 1.3%
Asian, Other 1.3%
Caribbean 0.9%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Woodside Primary School, inspected in January 2019.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 21 Jan 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
21 Jan 2025 School inspection
08 Apr 2020 Academy conversion letter
08 Jan 2019 Short inspection
Previously as Woodside Primary School
06 May 2015 Full inspection:
26 Nov 2014 Curriculum and development visit
18 Jul 2013 Monitoring visit
09 May 2013 Full inspection:
07 Jan 2011 Interim assessment
03 Jul 2009 Curriculum and development visit
21 Jan 2008 Full inspection:
17 May 2004 Full inspection

Ofsted Parent View

The latest published parent view scores are from 2019. Ofsted only publish scores if there have been more than 10 responses to the survey.

Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know Total Responses
1. My child is happy at this school. 20 3 4 5 0 32
2. My child feels safe at this school. 20 5 2 5 0 32
3. The school makes sure its pupils are well behaved. 20 3 1 8 0 32
4. My child has been bullied and the school dealt with the bullying quickly and effectively. 18 3 1 1 9 0
5. The school makes me aware of what my child will learn during the year. 19 9 1 3 0 32
6. When I have raised concerns with the school they have been dealt with properly. 14 5 2 2 9 0
7. My child has SEND, and the school gives them the support they need to succeed.
8. The school has high expectations for my child. 20 4 4 3 1 32
9. My child does well at this school. 20 3 0 5 4 32
10. The school lets me know how my child is doing. 20 5 3 3 1 32
11. There is a good range of subjects available to my child at this school. 20 2 2 4 4 32
12. My child can take part in clubs and activities at this school. 20 5 2 3 2 32
13. The school supports my child’s wider personal development. 20 1 3 5 3 32
14. I would recommend this school to another parent. 22 10

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 76%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 21%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 107
Maths 108

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 1.2
Writing 1.9
Maths 3.1

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Average Scaled Score

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 35 5
Third Preference 24 2
From another Local Authority 1 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Woodside Primary School had 209 pupils for 210 places. 1 places (0.5%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Goffs Oak and Cuffley” planning area

Hertfordshire counted 127 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 133 in 2029–30, up 5%.

20212022202320242025
Places 210210210210210
Pupils 196197205202209
Unfilled 6.7%6.2%2.4%3.8%0.5%

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 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.9%5.4%5.2%4.4%4.6%
Unauthorised absence 0.7%0.9%0.8%0.8%0.8%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.6%1.6%0.0%0.6%

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, 1.3% of pupils at Woodside Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 2.71.82.62.23.74.4
Permanent exclusions 000000

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 20.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 11.611.810.611.012.312.3
Teachers who left state teaching 8.6%0.0%7.5%25.7%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 41.7%54.5%70.0%38.5%66.7%–
Sick days per teacher 0.83.52.83.41.7–

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, 14.0% of pupils at Woodside Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 15 4
Social, emotional and mental health 5 2
Specific learning difficulty 5 1
Autistic spectrum disorder 3 1
No specialist assessment of need 4 0
Other difficulty or disability 0 1

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 £6,724 and spent £6,742 for each of its 229 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £99,000 (£432 per pupil).

Across all 16 schools of Ivy Learning Trust, income was £7,250 and spending £7,265 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

20212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £148,000£117,000£82,000£24,000£99,000
per pupil £682£510£371£112£432
In-year balance £63,000£55,000-£59,000-£27,000-£4,000
per pupil £290£240-£267-£128-£18

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.

Name Distance
Goffs Oak Primary & Nursery School
Millcrest Road, Goffs Oak, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN7 5NS
0.53 miles
Cuffley School
Theobalds Road, Cuffley, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 4HN
0.91 miles
Bonneygrove Primary School
Dark Lane, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN7 5ED
1.44 miles
Fairfields Primary School and Nursery
Rosedale Way, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN7 6JG
1.51 miles
Flamstead End School
Longfield Lane, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN7 6AG
1.63 miles
Oakview Primary School
Andrews Lane, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN7 6LB
1.65 miles
St Paul's Catholic Primary School
Park Lane, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, EN7 6LR
1.81 miles
Ponsbourne St Mary's Church of England Primary School
Newgate Street Village, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG13 8RA
1.88 miles
Dewhurst St Mary CofE Primary School
94, Churchgate, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN8 9ND
1.89 miles
Arlesdene Nursery School and Pre-School
Blindman's Lane, Waltham Cross, EN8 9DW
2.23 miles
St John's CofE Primary School
St Johns Ce Primary School, Theobalds Park Road, Enfield, EN2 9BD
2.26 miles
Burleigh Primary School
Blindmans Lane, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN8 9DP
2.3 miles
Northaw Church of England Primary School
Vineyards Road, Northaw, Hertfordshire, EN6 4PB
2.43 miles
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School
Longlands Close, Crossbrook Street, Holy Trinity School, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN8 8LU
2.48 miles
Millbrook School
Gews Corner, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN8 9BX
2.48 miles
Capel Manor Primary School
Bullsmoor Lane, Enfield, EN1 4RL
2.51 miles
Hurst Drive Primary School
Hurst Drive, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN8 8DH
2.69 miles
Honilands Primary School
Lovell Road, London Borough of Enfield, Lovell Road Enfield, London, Middlesex, EN1 4RE
2.7 miles
Greenfield Nursery School
Hurst Drive, Waltham Cross, EN8 8DH
2.73 miles
Downfield Primary School
Downfield Road, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN8 8SS
2.74 miles
Name Distance
Goffs Academy
Goffs Lane, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN7 5QW
1.47 miles
St Mary's Church of England High School (VA)
Lieutenant Ellis Way, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN7 5FB
1.69 miles
Goffs - Churchgate Academy
College Road, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN8 9LY
2.01 miles
Capel Manor College
Bullsmoor Lane, Enfield, EN1 4RQ
2.37 miles
The Lea Valley Academy
Bullsmoor Lane, Enfield, EN3 6TW
2.8 miles
St Ignatius College
Turkey Street, Enfield, EN1 4NP
2.8 miles
Haileybury Turnford
Mill Lane, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN8 0JU
2.81 miles
Wren Academy Enfield
3 Chace Village Road, Enfield, EN2 8GH
2.89 miles
Chace Community School
Churchbury Lane, Enfield, EN1 3HQ
3.26 miles
Queenswood School
Shepherd's Way, Hatfield, AL9 6NS
3.26 miles
St John's Preparatory and Senior School
The Ridgeway, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 5QT
3.27 miles
Rhodes Wood Hospital School
Shepherds Way, Brookmans Park, Hatfield, AL9 6NN
3.51 miles
Durants School
4 Pitfield Way, Enfield, EN3 5BY
3.56 miles
Fern House School
Keswick Drive, Enfield, EN3 6NY
3.62 miles
Enfield County School for Girls
Holly Walk, Enfield, EN2 6QG
3.66 miles
Ark John Keats Academy
Bell Lane, London, EN3 5PA
3.67 miles
The Broxbourne School
Badgers Walk, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, EN10 7FU
3.71 miles
Oasis Academy Enfield
Kinetic Crescent, Innova Park, Enfield, Middlesex, EN3 7XH
3.74 miles
Enfield Grammar School
Market Place, Enfield, EN2 6LN
3.74 miles
Freshsteps Independent school
Innova House, Kenetic Crescent, Enfield, Brimsdown, EN3 7XH
3.75 miles

All schools in Waltham Cross · Hertfordshire local authority: places and applications

Woodside Primary School is part of Ivy Learning Trust, which runs 16 schools. The nearest others:

What is Woodside Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Woodside Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2019 of its predecessor, Woodside Primary School.

When was Woodside Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Woodside Primary School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Woodside Primary School have?

Woodside Primary School has 229 pupils on roll.

What age range does Woodside Primary School cover?

Woodside Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 76% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Woodside Primary School?

Woodside Primary School is at Jones Road, Goffs Oak, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN7 5JS.

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