Woodside Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Dudley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.70 miles
Published by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Woodside Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Dudley for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 November 2023. Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Woodside Primary School and Nursery catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.70 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026's last distance offered was 1.70 miles, further than in 2025 but nearer than in 2024; the biggest swing between years was from 2025 to 2026.
- Of 39 Dudley primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance, it was the 13th longest, against a middle figure of 0.98 miles.
- There are 44 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.2 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Dudley.
- In 2024/25, 28% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Dudley.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Dudley schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Highgate Road, Woodside, Dudley, DY2 0SN
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 501 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 44
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy school and feel safe here.”
- “There are many systems for supporting pupils and their families to make the most of the education and care provided.”
- “Pupils know that staff will take their concerns and worries seriously, and find ways to help.”
To improve
- “There is still more work to do to strengthen curriculum design further, but leaders and staff are on the right track.”
- “At times, some lessons do not work as well as others but, overall, pupils are now doing much better.”
- “Nevertheless, at times, they are not sure about the most important content to emphasise.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 January 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 28% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 52 first-preference applications, 56 offers in total, 52 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Dudley.
- Netherton CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Russells Hall Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Blowers Green Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St Mark's CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- The Bromley-Pensnett Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Jesson's Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Northfield Road Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brockmoor Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published