Woodlands Community College
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Sept 13 2022 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 16 y.o.
- Type
- Local authority maintained schools
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Unique reference
- 116465
- Address
- Minstead Avenue, Harefield, SO18 5FW
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 901 (76% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 51.6%
- Girls
- 48.4%
- First language not English
- 19.3%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 55.4%
- Persistent absence
- 33.3%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 17.0%
White British 72.7%
Other White 8.9%
Mixed 7.3%
African 3.9%
Other Asian 2.7%
Other 1.4%
Indian 1.2%
Pakistani 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Caribbean 0.3%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Unclassified 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Entering EBacc
School 24%
Local authority average 36%
England average 41%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 15%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 35.4
Local authority average 41.9
England average 45.9
EBacc average point score
School 3.06
Local authority average 3.71
England average 4.08
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | Technical Award | 31 |
| Music performance: Group | Technical Award | 9 |
| Speech & Drama | Technical Award | 9 |
| Tourism | Technical Award | 17 |
| Arabic | GCSE | 1 |
| Art & Design | GCSE | 38 |
| Art & Design (Textiles) | GCSE | 6 |
| Biology | GCSE | 17 |
| Chemistry | GCSE | 17 |
| Chinese | GCSE | 3 |
Admissions
Woodlands Community College
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 181
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 196
- 2nd preference
- 93
- 3rd preference
- 62
- From another Local Authority
- 23
Offers
- 1st preference
- 177
- 2nd preference
- 3
- 3rd preference
- 1
- To another Local Authority
- 14
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 18.4 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 191 98 93 |
| Year 8 | 185 100 85 |
| Year 9 | 175 94 81 |
| Year 10 | 174 85 89 |
| Year 11 | 176 88 88 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 74.0% 83.2% 85.5% |
Further education | 24.0% 23.0% 36.9% |
School sixth form | 1.0% 5.1% 35.2% |
Sixth form college | 49.0% 54.7% 12.9% |
Other education destinations | 0.0% 0.4% 0.5% |
| Entering employment | 3.0% 3.5% 2.6% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 2.0% 2.7% 3.3% |
| Not in education or employment | 13.0% 7.2% 5.7% |
| Destination unknown | 9.0% 3.4% 3.0% |