Woodside Primary SchoolSteam Mills Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Woodside Primary School and Steam Mills Primary School are primary schools.

  • Woodside Primary School scores 42 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Steam Mills Primary School scores 62 out of 100 (grade C, average). Steam Mills Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Woodside Primary School was judged Good and Steam Mills Primary School was judged the expected standard.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 65.0% for Woodside Primary School and 87.0% for Steam Mills Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Woodside Primary School (40.0% in 2022-23, 65.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Steam Mills Primary School (76.0% in 2022-23, 87.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Woodside Primary School versus Steam Mills Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure RuardeanWoodside Primary SchoolCinderfordSteam Mills Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD42/100C62/100Stronger figure
Local ranking182nd of 239 in Gloucestershire 77th of 239 in Gloucestershire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Expected
School typeCommunity school Community school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range5-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll112 112
Capacity119 119
LocationRuardean, GL17 9XP Cinderford, GL14 3JD
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard65.0% 87.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score107.0 Stronger figure105.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score104.0 105.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census112 112
Free school meals (ever 6)10.7% 25.0%
English as an additional language0.0% 1.8%
SEN support22.3% 20.5%
SEN with an EHC plan3.6% 3.6%
Attendance
Overall absence4.5% Stronger figure5.0% 6.2%
Persistent absence8.3% Stronger figure11.0% 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.

Woodside Primary School

Steam Mills Primary School

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