UK Schools
Woodlands School
Woodlands School is a mixed special school in Plymouth, Plymouth City Council, teaching 97 pupils aged 2 to 19. Its last Ofsted inspection in February 2023 found the school remains Good. The 2025–2026 school year runs from 1 September 2025 to 20 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Woodlands School.
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Woodlands School.
- 1 Staff Development Day (Non-Pupil Day)
- 1–30 Autumn Term
- 2 Year 7 and Year 11 Selected Prefects Start
- 3 All Year Groups in School
- 25 Open Evening
- 26 Staff Development Day (Non-Pupil Day)
- 1–31 Autumn Term
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term
- 1–30 Autumn Term
- 1–19 Autumn Term
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day Bank Holiday
- 26 Boxing Day Bank Holiday
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day Bank Holiday
- 5 Staff Development Day (Non-Pupil Day)
- 6–31 Spring Term
- 1–28 Spring Term
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 1–27 Spring Term
- 31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday Bank Holiday
- 6 Easter Monday Bank Holiday
- 13–30 Summer Term
- 1–31 Summer Term
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1–30 Summer Term
- 1–20 Summer Term
- 3 Staff Development Day (Non-Pupil Day)
- 20 Staff Development Day (Non-Pupil Day)
- 21–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Staff Development Day (Non-Pupil Day) Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Year 7 and Year 11 Selected Prefects Start Sep 2, 2025 Event
- All Year Groups in School Sep 3, 2025 Event
- Open Evening Sep 25, 2025 Event
- Staff Development Day (Non-Pupil Day) Sep 26, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Term Sep 1 - Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Oct 27 - Oct 31, 2025 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Staff Development Day (Non-Pupil Day) Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
- Spring Term Jan 6 - Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Feb 16 - Feb 20, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Mar 31 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Apr 13 - Jul 20, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term May 25 - May 29, 2026 Holiday
- Staff Development Day (Non-Pupil Day) Jul 3, 2026 Inset Day
- Staff Development Day (Non-Pupil Day) Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Holiday Jul 21 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day Bank Holiday Jan 1, 2026 Holiday
- Good Friday Bank Holiday Apr 3, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Monday Bank Holiday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day Bank Holiday Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day Bank Holiday Dec 26, 2025 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Woodlands School with Plymouth City Council and England.
Key stage 2 (end of primary) 3 Pupils in the year group
How Year 6 pupils did in the national tests.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 28.6% Disadvantaged pupils in the year group
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Plymouth City Council England
Attendance 51.4% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Plymouth City Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 88% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Plymouth City 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 Woodlands 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 Woodlands School than to any other 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.