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Woodside Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMr Iman Atwal

corporate_fareINSPIRE PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY TRUST

location_onCroydon, CR0 6NF

language Visit Website phone 2086545333

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2019

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Students

541

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Expected Standard

77%

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Demand Ratio

0.8x

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Woodside Primary School is a Academy converter primary school in Croydon, serving ages 2-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 17% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Woodside Primary School is an academy converter in Croydon, admitting pupils aged 2-11. It is part of INSPIRE PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY TRUST. The school has approximately 472 pupils on roll, of whom 29% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 5% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #8 of 77 primaries in Croydon and #591 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2019. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.8× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 27.0:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.1 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

77%

LA 67%

Reading77% LA 77%

Writing79% LA 75%

Maths80% LA 77%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

67%

LA 63%England 61%

Reading69% LA 74% · Eng 74%

Writing74% LA 71% · Eng 72%

Maths78% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

48%

LA 61%England 60%

Reading56% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing64% LA 70% · Eng 71%

Maths63% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.6

Read

LA 0.1

-3.1 to -0.1

-1.3

Write

LA -0.1

-2.8 to 0.2

-0.8

Maths

LA 0.6

-2.2 to 0.7

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

71%

LA 65%England 65%

Reading78% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Writing82% LA 77% · Eng 78%

Maths89% LA 77% · Eng 79%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

107

GPS SS

110

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.4

Read

LA 0.8

-1.0 to 1.7

-0.3

Write

LA 0.6

-1.5 to 0.9

2.0

Maths

LA 0.8

0.8 to 3.1

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

78%

LA 66%

Reading87% LA 75%

Writing84% LA 78%

Maths90% LA 76%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

107

GPS SS

110

Progress (0 = national avg)

2.8

Read

LA 0.6

1.6 to 4

1.3

Write

LA 0.6

0.2 to 2.4

3.1

Maths

LA 1.0

2 to 4.2

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

01 April 2025

Inspection Report

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11 June 2019

Inspection Report

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06 September 2016

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2019-06-11

S5 Inspection Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

2016-06-08

None Legacy

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.0%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 472 pupils. During this period, there were 0 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.0%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2024/25 (Spring term)	472	0	0.0%	0.8%	0
2024/25 (Autumn term)	474	1	0.2%	0.9%	0
2023/24 (Summer term)	523	6	1.1%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	515	8	1.6%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	514	4	0.8%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	544	6	1.1%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	541	3	0.6%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	554	5	0.9%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	591	8	1.4%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	582	5	0.9%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	571	3	0.5%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	614	2	0.3%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	622	2	0.3%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	613	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	641	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	641	1	0.2%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	636	3	0.5%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	690	6	0.9%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	688	3	0.4%	0.5%	0
2018/19 (Autumn term)	680	3	0.4%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	788	4	0.5%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	804	2	0.2%	0.4%	1
2017/18 (Autumn term)	795	3	0.4%	0.5%	0
2016/17 (Summer term)	874	4	0.5%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Spring term)	886	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Autumn term)	870	0	0.0%	0.5%	0

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 28 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 7 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 6 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 4 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 2 pupils

Hearing Impairment 2 pupils

Physical Disability 2 pupils

Severe Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Visual Impairment 1 pupils