New Woodlands School[1]

Special · ages 5–16

Headline results

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Results

Results at special schools and alternative provision aren't comparable with mainstream schools'. Shown as published, not compared.

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 2.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -1.67 2022/23[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Grade 7+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	1.4[5]	0%[5]
2022/23	2.3[3]	0%[3]		-1.67[3]

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 0% 2024/25[6]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 0% 2024/25[6]
Reading, average scaled score: 112 2022/23[7]
Maths, average scaled score: 106 2024/25[6]
All results, 2021/22: Not published[8]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[8]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[8]

Earlier years
Year	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)	Reading, average scaled score	Maths, average scaled score
2023/24	0%[9]	0%[9]
2022/23	8%[7]	0%[7]	112[7]	105[7]
2018/19	0%[10]	0%[10]	98[10]	96[10]
2017/18	0%[11]	0%[11]	94[11]	92[11]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 86% 2022/23[12]
School sixth form: 0% 2022/23[12]
Sixth-form college: 0% 2022/23[12]
Further education college: 79% 2022/23[12]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[12]
Employment: 0% 2022/23[12]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	43%[13]	0%[13]	0%[13]	14%[13]	0%[13]	0%[13]
2020/21	86%[14]	14%[14]	0%[14]	57%[14]	14%[14]	0%[14]
2019/20	100%[15]	0%[15]	67%[15]	33%[15]	0%[15]	0%[15]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 4 Dec 2024[16]
Type: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[16]
Report published: 22 Jan 2025[16]
Safeguarding is effective?: Yes[16]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections: Standards maintained[16]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
8 May 2019[17]	Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[17]	Good[17]
27 Jun 2017[18]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[18]	Requires improvement[18]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type: Community special school[1]
Ages: 5–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 108[1]
Local authority: Lewisham[1]
Website: www.newwoodlands.lewisham.sch.uk [1]
District: Lewisham [19]
Postcode: BR1 5PD[1]
URN: 100763[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 103 2024/25[20]
English as an additional language: 1% 2024/25[20]
SEN support: 0% 2024/25[20]
EHC plan: 100% 2024/25[20]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 82.5% 2024/25[20]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 47.5%[21]
Mixed: 30.7%[21]
Asian: 0%[21]
Black: 21.8%[21]
Any other ethnic group: 0%[21]
Unclassified: 0%[21]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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