# The Woodside Primary Academy

The Woodside Primary Academy is a primary school in Waltham Forest, for pupils aged 2 to 11.

It had 1,188 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E139016. [Waltham Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/waltham-forest)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 2 to 11
- Pupils: 1,188
- Council: Waltham Forest
- URN: 139016

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Outstanding, May 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding, 11 May 2023
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 69% of pupils at The Woodside Primary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 74% in Waltham Forest and 62% in England.
11% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Waltham Forest | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 69% | 74% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 11% | 17% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 108 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 107 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Holy Family Catholic School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holy-family-catholic-school-e103106): 300 m. Secondary. Good (overall), March 2023. Attainment 8 of 48.1 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Our Lady and St George's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/our-lady-and-st-georges-catholic-primary-school-e152582): 330 m. Primary. Standards maintained, June 2025
- [Frederick Bremer School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/frederick-bremer-school-e103094): 370 m. Secondary. School remains Good, June 2024. Attainment 8 of 49.7 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Whitefield School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/whitefield-school-e140795): 390 m. Special. Good (overall), May 2023
- [Waltham Forest College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/waltham-forest-college-e130456): 450 m. Sixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Thorpe Hall Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/thorpe-hall-primary-school-e103060): 750 m. Primary. School remains Good, December 2022. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/139016)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/139016)

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