Woodlands Community College[1]
Secondary · ages 11–16
Headline results
- Attainment 8
- A8 32 31.6 2025/26[2]
Results
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 31.6 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 16.1% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 2.2% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8
- -0.89 2023/24[3]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[4]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[4]
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ in English & maths | Grade 7+ in English & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 35.5[5] | 15.9%[5] | ||
| 2023/24 | 33.7[3] | 19.2%[3] | -0.89[3] | |
| 2022/23 | 31.4[6] | 19%[6] | -1.01[6] | |
| 2021/22 | 39.3[7] | 27%[7] | -0.70[7] |
Destinations after GCSEs
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 80% 2022/23[8]
- School sixth form
- 1% 2022/23[8]
- Sixth-form college
- 49% 2022/23[8]
- Further education college
- 24% 2022/23[8]
- Apprenticeship
- 2% 2022/23[8]
- Employment
- 3% 2022/23[8]
| Left in | Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment | School sixth form | Sixth-form college | Further education college | Apprenticeship | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 86%[9] | 0%[9] | 54%[9] | 25%[9] | 2%[9] | 6%[9] |
| 2020/21 | 91%[10] | 0%[10] | 40%[10] | 36%[10] | 3%[10] | 11%[10] |
| 2019/20 | 86%[11] | 2%[11] | 49%[11] | 34%[11] | 2%[11] | 0%[11] |
| 2018/19 | 83%[12] | 0%[12] | 25%[12] | 41%[12] | 3%[12] | 15%[12] |
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
- 13 Sep 2022[13]
- Type
- Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 3[13]
- Report published
- 16 Oct 2022[13]
- Personal development
- Good[13]
- Quality of education
- Good[13]
- Overall effectiveness
- Good[13]
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good[13]
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes[13]
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Good[13]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Year 7
- Applications per place
- 2.0 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- Applications (any preference)
- 365 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- First preferences
- 192 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- Places offered
- 180 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- First preferences per place
- 1.1 Entry Sept 2026[16]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 351[16] | 196[16] | 181[16] | 1.9[16] | 1.1[16] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 330[16] | 165[16] | 168[16] | 2.0[16] | 1.0[16] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 279[16] | 142[16] | 172[16] | 1.6[16] | 0.8[16] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 232[16] | 141[16] | 180[16] | 1.3[16] | 0.8[16] |
Admissions
- Application deadline
- 31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[17]
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Foundation school[1]
- Ages
- 11–16[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Admissions
- Non-selective[1]
- Sixth form
- No[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 900[1]
- Trust
- Reach Cooperative Trust[1]
- Local authority
- Southampton[1]
- Website
- http://www.woodlands.southampton.sch.uk[1]
- District
- Southampton[18]
- Postcode
- SO18 5FW[1]
- URN
- 116465[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 901 2024/25[19]
- English as an additional language
- 19.3% 2024/25[19]
- SEN support
- 17% 2024/25[19]
- EHC plan
- 5% 2024/25[19]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 55.5% 2024/25[19]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 85.2%[20]
- Mixed
- 6.8%[20]
- Asian
- 4%[20]
- Black
- 3.1%[20]
- Any other ethnic group
- 0.9%[20]
- Unclassified
- 0%[20]
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 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
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- Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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woodlands.southampton.sch.uk: woodlands.southampton.sch.uk — Admissions policy 2027-28 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16.
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Applications For an application to be on-time, it must be made by 23:59 on the 31 October 2026. (p. 1)
- Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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