UK Schools
The Woodroffe School
The Woodroffe School is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Lyme Regis, Dorset Council, teaching 886 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in December 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 51.4 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 8 September 2025 to 22 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for The Woodroffe School.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for The Woodroffe School.
- 3–5 Staff Training Days 1, 2 & 3
- 8 Students Return (Start of Autumn Term)
- 24–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 19 Last Day of Autumn Term
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 5 Students Return (Start of Spring Term)
- 13–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 27 Last Day of Spring Term
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 13 Students Return (Start of Summer Term)
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 26–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 22 Last Day of Summer Term
- 23–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–2 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Staff Training Days 1, 2 & 3 September 3-5, 2025 Inset Day
- Students Return (Start of Autumn Term) September 8, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Holiday October 24-31, 2025 Holiday
- Last Day of Autumn Term December 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday December 22, 2025 - January 2, 2026 Holiday
- Students Return (Start of Spring Term) January 5, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Holiday February 13-20, 2026 Holiday
- Last Day of Spring Term March 27, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday March 30 - April 10, 2026 Holiday
- Students Return (Start of Summer Term) April 13, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term Holiday May 26-29, 2026 Holiday
- Last Day of Summer Term July 22, 2026 Term
- Summer Holiday July 23 - September 2, 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare The Woodroffe School with Dorset Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 51.4 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Dorset Council England
16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 33.31 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
This school Dorset Council England
Attendance 28.3% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Dorset Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 98% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Dorset Council England
What students do after 16 to 18 study 86% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
This school Dorset Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for The Woodroffe School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to The Woodroffe School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.