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Woodside Primary School is a primary school located in Runcorn, Halton. The school caters for boys and girls aged 5 to 11 and currently has 111 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 210. The school is led by Mr Richard Collings.

Key facts

URN: 111125
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 5 to 11
Gender: Mixed
Sixth form: Does not have a sixth form
Nursery: No Nursery Classes
Local authority: Halton
Constituency: Runcorn and Helsby
Setting: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Governing body (7 current, 2 former)

Maintained school governing body.

Leadership

Name	Role	How appointed	Term
Ms Katie Anderson	Chair of Governors	Elected by school staff	since 2026 · until 2029
Reverend Emma Speake Former	Chair of Governors	Appointed by GB/board	since 2023 · term ended 2026
Mrs Emma Speake Former	Chair of Governors	Elected by school staff	since 2023 · term ended 2026

Full governing body

Name	Role	How appointed	Term
Mr Joseph Ryan	Governor	Elected by school staff	since 2026 · until 2028
Mrs Emma Speake	Governor	Elected by school staff	since 2026 · until 2029
Mrs Gemma Johnson	Governor	Elected by school staff	since 2025 · until 2028
Mrs Ingrid Clarke	Governor	Elected by school staff	since 2025 · until 2028
Mr David Baugh	Governor	Nominated by LA and appointed by GB	since 2024 · until 2028
Miss Claire Plumpton	Governor	Elected by parents	since 2021 · until 2027 ends 2027

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record

Ofsted

Report cardNo overall grade. Inspected 06/05/2026

Ofsted report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on a five-point scale: Exceptional, Strong standard, Expected standard, Needs attention, Urgent improvement. Safeguarding standards are not graded: they are met or not met. Ofsted gives no overall grade, and none is worked out here.

Area	Judgement
Safeguarding standards	Met
Inclusion	Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching	Needs attention
Achievement	Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour	Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing	Expected standard
Early years	Needs attention
Leadership and governance	Needs attention

Inspection history

Date	Outcome
06/05/2026	Report card: Expected standard in 4 areas, Needs attention in 3; safeguarding standards met
08/06/2022	Good
17/07/2018	Requires improvement

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026, via WhatSchool: Ofsted may have published a newer report since. Since September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade at new inspections, so a one-word grade, where shown, belongs to the inspection date beside it. Ungraded inspections give no grade and are dated by month only. Inspections from September 2024 to November 2025 grade key judgements; report cards (from November 2025) grade evaluation areas.

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