Foundation special school

Woodlawn School

Mixed · ages 2–18 · with sixth formNorth Tyneside, North East · Whitley Bay NE25 9DLTrust: The North Tyneside Learning TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
178
Free school meals
50.7%
Year 11 cohort 2025
17
Ofsted
School remains Good, 9 May 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 11 pupils who finished Year 11 at Woodlawn School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Woodlawn School’s own sixth form (North Tyneside average 40%), 18% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in North Tyneside and England.

Woodlawn School
North Tyneside
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureWoodlawn SchoolNorth TynesideEngland
Pupils in the cohort112,044607,348
Any sustained destination100%92%92%
Stayed in education100%83%86%
— school sixth form0%40%34%
— sixth form college0%0%13%
— further education college18%40%37%
— other education82%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%6%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination0%6%6%
Destination unknown0%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in North Tyneside

Burnside College

Foundation school · sixth form · 995 pupils

82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.2

Churchill Academy

Academy sponsor led · sixth form

75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.4

Kings Priory School

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,549 pupils

93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 57.1

Longbenton High School

Foundation school · sixth form · 995 pupils

75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.7

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.