Academy converter · Primary
Oswestry · SY11 2LF · Shropshire
Ages 1–11
Status: Open
0.6 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 139630
Woodside Primary School
Academy converter · Oswestry · SY11 1DT
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
558
Local authority
Shropshire
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 3–11, in Oswestry, Shropshire, 558 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 18.3%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 139630
Location
- Address
- Gittin Street
- Postcode
- SY11 1DT
- Town
- Oswestry
- County
- Shropshire
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- District
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 558
- Boys / girls
- 289 / 269
- School capacity
- 504
- Capacity fill
- 558 / 504 (111%)
- Free school meals
- 18.3%
- FSM pupils
- 94
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: WOODSIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL
- Academy trust
- WOODSIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Claire Donaldson
- Telephone
- 01691652446
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Standards maintained
Inspection date
2024-11-13
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 50%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 5%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 103.0
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
7.1%
Persistent absence
18.8%
Unauthorised
1.3%
- Authorised absence
- 5.9%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.4%
- Enrolments in measure
- 516
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 6.0% · Persistent 15.2%
- 2021/22
- Overall 6.0% · Persistent 13.0%