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Woodlands School

Woodview Learning Community, Picklecombe Drive, Plymouth, PL6 5ES

OfstedGood

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance89.1%
AttainmentAttainment 8: 1.4
AdmissionsNot published
Pupils97

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Monitoring visit confirmed the previous Good overall grade — see the full report for latest area judgements.

Inspection history

  • Latest ungradedSchool remains Good
  • Previous gradedGood

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in PL6. Where we have them, council (Plymouth) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
97
Free school meals
27.9%
3% above district average (24.9%)

Also: Plymouth 51.8% · England 49.2%

SEN
100%
65.8% above district average (34.2%)

Also: Plymouth 100% · England 99.9%

EAL
4.6%
3.1% below district average (7.7%)
Attendance
89.1%
6% below district average (95.1%)

Also: Plymouth 87.6% · England 87.2%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the PL6 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Headline GCSE measures are 2023/24. England is the state-funded average from the same tables. Progress 8 of 0 is typical.

Persistent absence2024/25

36.5%

1.3% above England (35.2%)

Attainment 82023/24

1.4

45.2 below England (46.6)

Grade 5+ English & maths2023/24

0%

46.7% below England (46.7%)

Grade 4+ English & maths2023/24

0%

66% below England (66%)

Entered for EBacc2023/24

0%

41% below England (41%)

EBacc average point score2023/24

0.17

4 below England (4.13)

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 70.4%
    2020/21
  • 80.8%
    2021/22
  • 82.2%
    2022/23
  • 81.7%
    2023/24
  • 84.7%
    2024/25

Admissions

Demand signal
Not published from capacity data
Published capacity (GIAS)
85
Pupils on roll
97

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Plymouth page.

SEN support

SEN %
100%
On-site provision
Resourced provision · VI, HI, MSI, PD

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Aug 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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  • Methodology · Data updates