Woodside Academy

State-Funded School

woodside-academy-bexley-london

LondonRegion

BexleyLocal Authority

Bexleyheath and CrayfordConstituency

DA8 3PBPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Woodside Academy is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–18, located in Bexley, London.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 206 pupils. Woodside Academy is part of LONDON SOUTH EAST ACADEMIES TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

51%

Asian

10%

Black

24%

Mixed

12%

Chinese

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

206

Total Pupils

77%Boys

23%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

35%

England average

27%

First language not English

18%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 4 – 18
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 206
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: LONDON SOUTH EAST ACADEMIES TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good (Improving)

Ungraded inspection on 14 June 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one. Ofsted has scheduled a full graded inspection as a result.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
17 Dec 2018	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.