Academy sponsor led · Dudley

Woodside Primary School and Nursery

2–11Ages
501Pupils
PrimaryPhase
143821URN

Highgate Road, Woodside, Dudley, DY2 0SN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.6per place

0.8 below Dudley median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Dudley

88 applications for 56 places · 71st of 76 in Dudley

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

28%met the expected standard

Dudley 64% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 21 November 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

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About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.6applications per place, Reception

0.8 below Dudley median (2.4) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

88 applications · 56 places offered · 52 named it first

2026 1.6; Dudley median median 2.4
2025 1.8; Dudley median median 2.1
2024 1.5; Dudley median median 2.2
2023 1.9; Dudley median median 2.2
2022 1.6; Dudley median median 2.1
2021 1.3; Dudley median median 2.2
2020 1.6; Dudley median median 2.3
2019 1.4; Dudley median median 2.3
2018 1.2; Dudley median median 2.2
2017 1.4; Dudley median median 2.4
2016 1.0; Dudley median median 2.4; as the previous school
2015 1.2; Dudley median median 2.3; as the previous school
2014 1.2; Dudley median median 2.3; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Dudley median in 0 of 10 years.

This school
Dudley median

Dashed bars: as Woodside Community School and Little Bears Nursery (URN 103817), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	56	88	1.6	52	0.93
Sep 2025	60	105	1.8	69	1.15
Sep 2024	59	87	1.5	55	0.93
Sep 2023	60	111	1.9	74	1.23
Sep 2022	53	83	1.6	49	0.92
Sep 2021	52	67	1.3	47	0.90
Sep 2020	58	90	1.6	52	0.90
Sep 2019	48	65	1.4	40	0.83
Sep 2018	55	68	1.2	50	0.91
Sep 2017	53	73	1.4	45	0.85
Sep 2016 *	46	46	1.0	37	0.80
Sep 2015 *	60	72	1.2	59	0.98
Sep 2014 *	59	71	1.2	56	0.95

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 45% · Writing 72% · Maths 40% → all three 28% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard28%75th of 75 in Dudley

Dudley 64% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard45%

Dudley 77% England 78%

Higher standard8%

Dudley 30% England 33%

Average scaled score 99 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard72%

Dudley 74% England 75%

Greater depth3%

Dudley 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard40%

Dudley 77% England 77%

Higher standard10%

Dudley 20% England 24%

Average scaled score 99 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Dudley median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	28%	2%	99	99
2023/24	45%	2%	101	101
2022/23	47%	2%	102	101

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Woodside Primary School and NurseryThis school
This school

Good2023

1.6applications per place 28%met the SATs standard
Netherton CofE Primary School
1.2 km · Dudley

Good2023

2.1applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
Russells Hall Primary School
1.4 km · Dudley

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.9applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
Blowers Green Primary School
1.5 km · Dudley

2026

4.6applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
St Mark's CofE Primary School
1.6 km · Dudley

Good2022

1.5applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
The Bromley-Pensnett Primary School
1.9 km · Dudley

Good2023

2.0applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
Jesson's Church of England Primary School
1.9 km · Dudley

Requires improvement2023

1.3applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
Northfield Road Primary School
1.9 km · Dudley

2025

2.2applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Brockmoor Primary School
2.0 km · Dudley

Good2022

1.6applications per place 78%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 143821 · 332/2007
Trust: Hales Valley Trust
Capacity: 420 pupils · 501 on roll
Free school meals: 38.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: SEN unit
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 April 2017
Replaced: Woodside Community School and Little Bears Nursery (URN 103817)
Address: Highgate Road, Woodside, Dudley, DY2 0SN
Local authority: Dudley

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources