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Woodside Junior School

Primary · Amersham · HP6 6NW

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 20 March 2024

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At a glance

240 pupils · 100% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
7–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
14.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
24.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.woodsidejunior.co.uk/
URN
147488

In figures

An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 20 March 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

61 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
77%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
30%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
109
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school77%
Median of its 12 closest peers70%
Buckinghamshire average66.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Brookwood Primary SchoolWoking · 26 miles awayGood53%
St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolBishop's Stortford · 35 miles awayGood68%
Merton Park Primary SchoolLondon · 25 miles awayOutstanding93%
St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolTunbridge Wells · 53 miles awayGood70%
Cannon Park Primary SchoolCoventry · 63 miles awayGood86%
Cloverlea Primary SchoolAltrincham · 139 miles awayGood63%
Newnham Croft Primary SchoolCambridge · 47 miles awayGood81%
West Oxford Community Primary SchoolOxford · 30 miles awayGood58%
Mornington Primary SchoolNottingham · 94 miles awayGood70%
Penns Primary SchoolSutton Coldfield · 79 miles awayStrong standard84%
St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolNantwich · 125 miles awayGood61%
Bromet Primary SchoolWatford · 9 miles awayExpected standard85%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 55% (Buckinghamshire 56%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 21% (Buckinghamshire 7%, England 4%) · Any other White background 8% (Buckinghamshire 6%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Buckinghamshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Buckinghamshire 0%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Buckinghamshire 10%, England 5%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Buckinghamshire: 2.72 suspensions and 0.02 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
22.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

46.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £49,373; 15.4% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£5,809
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (77%) · premises 9% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 1% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £411,000; in-year balance +£131,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher47.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work47.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier63.9%62.3%
Social housing24.7%17.1%
Privately rented11.4%20.5%
Detached houses21.4%22.9%
Flats19.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms26.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van17.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01017741 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£642,500294 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£435,000–£879,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (93)£995,000
Semi-detached (82)£700,500
Terraced (48)£537,500
Flat (71)£295,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
15an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
5an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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