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Woodlands Community College
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Foundation school
Minstead Avenue, Harefield, Southampton SO18 5FW · woodlands.southampton.sch.uk · 023 8046 3303
On the mapSearch near SO18 5FW
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 35.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Southampton 41.9, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 907
- 7 over 900 places · 101%
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 56.1%
- First language not English
- 17.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 192 families put the school first and 180 places were offered; 90% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 180 | 192 | 1.1▲ | 90% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 181 | 196 | 1.1▲ | 90% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 168 | 165 | 1 | 94% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 172 | 142 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 180 | 141 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 35.5, and 15.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Southampton it was 41.9, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼35.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼15.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼40.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼24.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.07 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sixth form college | 49.5 | −5.6 |
| Further education | 24.2 | +0.5 |
| Other education | 0.5 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 3.3 | +1.6 |
| Employment | 4.9 | −1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 11 | +0.8 |
| Activity not captured | 6.6 | +3.2 |
Ofsted
Woodlands Community College was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 13 September 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 13 Sept 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jan 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
- Feb 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Jan 2019Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Jul 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Jun 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (59 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 59
- 8% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 41% who had a child bullied
based on 17 parents (29%) with SEND