Woodside Primary School and Nursery
Highgate Road, Woodside, Dudley, DY2 0SN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- HALES VALLEY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Sarah Green
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Hales Valley Trust
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Stourbridge
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 501
- URN
- 143821
- Local authority
- Dudley
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01384818245
About this school
Woodside Primary School and Nursery is a primary academy in Dudley. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 501 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 59 | 58 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 47% | 45% | 28% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 61% | 50% | 45% |
| Expected standard in maths | 63% | 64% | 40% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 59% | 45% | 45% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 101.0 | 99.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 101.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.00 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Woodside Primary School and Nursery has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Dudley average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 47% | 52.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 45% | 54.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 28% | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 459 |
| 2023/24 | 456 |
| 2024/25 | 496 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Woodside Primary School and Nursery compares
Woodside Primary School and Nursery ranked 76th of 76 primary schools in Dudley for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 28% | 8.7% | 40.1% | 501 | — |
| Netherton CofE Primary School | 57% | 7.7% | 36.1% | 381 | 0.8 miles |
| Russells Hall Primary School | 41% | 6.4% | 29.3% | 413 | 0.9 miles |
| Blowers Green Primary School | 87% | 5% | 35.6% | 245 | 0.9 miles |
| St Mark's CofE Primary School | 64% | 6.2% | 43% | 336 | 1.0 miles |
| The Bromley-Pensnett Primary School | 68% | 6.8% | 51.8% | 243 | 1.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 40.05%
- English as an additional language
- 31.3%
- Overall absence
- 8.7%
- Persistent absence
- 30.32%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Netherton CofE Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Dudley
-
Russells Hall Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Dudley
-
Blowers Green Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Dudley
-
St Mark's CofE Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Brierley Hill
-
The Bromley-Pensnett Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Brierley Hill
Other schools in Dudley
Woodside Primary School and Nursery ranks 23rd of the 23 ranked primary schools in Dudley.
- Alder Coppice Primary School Primary
- Beechwood Church of England Primary School Primary
- Blowers Green Primary School Primary
- Cotwall End Primary School Primary
- Dudley Wood Primary School Primary
- Jesson's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Kates Hill Primary School Primary
- Milking Bank Primary School Primary
- Netherbrook Primary School Primary
- Netherton CofE Primary School Primary
- Northfield Road Primary School Primary
- Priory Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Woodside Primary School and Nursery teach?
- Woodside Primary School and Nursery teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Dudley.
- Who is the headteacher of Woodside Primary School and Nursery?
- The headteacher of Woodside Primary School and Nursery is Miss Sarah Green, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Woodside Primary School and Nursery last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Woodside Primary School and Nursery, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Woodside Primary School and Nursery?
- Woodside Primary School and Nursery has 501 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Woodside Primary School and Nursery full?
- Woodside Primary School and Nursery has capacity for 420 pupils and 501 on roll (119%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Woodside Primary School and Nursery a faith school?
- No. Woodside Primary School and Nursery has no designated religious character.
- Does Woodside Primary School and Nursery have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Woodside Primary School and Nursery as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Woodside Primary School and Nursery?
- Woodside Primary School and Nursery is part of HALES VALLEY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Woodside Primary School and Nursery have?
- The schools register lists Woodside Primary School and Nursery's special educational needs provision as: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Woodside Primary School and Nursery's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 47% in 2022/23 and 28% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Woodside Primary School and Nursery rank locally?
- Woodside Primary School and Nursery ranked 76th of 76 primary schools in Dudley for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Woodside Primary School and Nursery's absence rate?
- Woodside Primary School and Nursery's overall absence rate is 8.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Woodside Primary School and Nursery's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Woodside Primary School and Nursery's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 10 July 2026.