The Meadows Primary SchoolWoodside Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Oswestry.

Summary of the comparison

The Meadows Primary School and Woodside Primary School are primary schools in Oswestry.

  • The Meadows Primary School scores 65 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Woodside Primary School scores 51 out of 100 (grade D, below average). The Meadows Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • The Meadows Primary School was judged Good and Woodside Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 49.0% for The Meadows Primary School and 56.0% for Woodside Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at The Meadows Primary School (69.0% in 2022-23, 49.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Woodside Primary School (50.0% in 2022-23, 56.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

The Meadows Primary School versus Woodside Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure OswestryThe Meadows Primary SchoolOswestryWoodside Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC65/100Stronger figureD51/100
Local ranking25th of 106 in Shropshire Stronger figure60th of 106 in Shropshire
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range5-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll267 591
Capacity278 504
LocationOswestry, SY11 2EA Oswestry, SY11 1DT
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard49.0% 56.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 5.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score104.0 104.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score101.0 104.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census267 591
Free school meals (ever 6)18.4% 21.1%
English as an additional language2.2% 15.1%
SEN support17.6% 17.1%
SEN with an EHC plan4.9% 2.7%
Attendance
Overall absence4.8% Stronger figure5.6% 6.2%
Persistent absence9.2% Stronger figure14.0% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

The Meadows Primary School

Woodside Primary School

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