Armfield Academy
Free schools · 1,221 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.6
Community special school
Woodlands School
- Pupils on roll
- 111of 110 places
- Free school meals
- 69.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 7
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 15 May 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 9 pupils who finished Year 11 at Woodlands School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Woodlands School’s own sixth form (Blackpool average 6%), none 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 Blackpool and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Woodlands School | Blackpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 9 | 1,331 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 100% | 84% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 100% | 77% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 24% | 13% |
| — further education college | 0% | 44% | 37% |
| — other education | 100% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 5% | 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 Blackpool
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South Shore Academy
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St George's School A Church of England Academy
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82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.5
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.