Foundation special school

Woodlands School

Mixed · ages 2–19 · with sixth formPlymouth, South West · Plymouth PL6 5ESSchool website
Pupils on roll
97of 93 places
Free school meals
27.9%
Year 11 cohort 2025
7
Ofsted
School remains Good, 8 February 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 8 pupils who finished Year 11 at Woodlands School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Woodlands School’s own sixth form (Plymouth average 40%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

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 Plymouth and England.

Woodlands School
Plymouth
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureWoodlands SchoolPlymouthEngland
Pupils in the cohort82,912607,348
Any sustained destination88%91%92%
Stayed in education88%80%86%
— school sixth form0%40%34%
— sixth form college0%1%13%
— further education college0%37%37%
— other education88%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%9%3%
Employment0%3%3%
No sustained destination0%6%6%
Destination unknown13%3%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 Plymouth

Coombe Dean School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,000 pupils

82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.2

Hele's School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,378 pupils

82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.7

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.