Woodlands Community College
Secondary · Foundation school · Mixed · Southampton
Minstead Avenue, Southampton, SO18 5FW
48
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 13/09/2022
Application demand
90%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
85.8%
35.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
907
Capacity used
Over capacity101%
900 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
90%
1st preference success rate
177 of 196 families who put it first got an offer
181
Places offered
351
Total applications
1.9
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 196 | 177 | ● 90% |
| 2nd preference | 93 | 3 | ● 3% |
| 3rd preference | 62 | 1 | ● 2% |
| Total | 351 | 181 | 52% |
1st preference success by year
Southampton lets families list 3 preferences. 23 applications came from outside the council area (14 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- James Henderson
- Address
- Minstead Avenue, Harefield, Southampton, SO18 5FW
- Phone
- 02380463303
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Ward / constituency
- Harefield · Southampton Itchen
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 116465
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 56% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 19% | — | — |
| SEN support | 17% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: Reach Cooperative Trust
907 pupils · 900 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
13 September 2022
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 925 pupils
Attendance
85.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
14.3%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
35.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
9.3%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
8.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 33.7 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.89 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 19% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 39% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 2.94 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 35.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 15.9% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 40.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 24.4% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.07 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 176 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 175 | 5% | 19% | 44% | |
| English Language | 175 | 8% | 34% | 50% | |
| English Literature | 175 | 8% | 31% | 51% | |
| Combined Science | 148 | 1% | 14% | 37% | |
| History | 89 | 15% | 39% | 53% | |
| Art and Design | 71 | 3% | 25% | 61% | |
| Geography | 70 | 17% | 34% | 59% | |
| Social Studies | 35 | 9% | 51% | 66% | |
| Physics | 27 | 22% | 56% | 59% | |
| Media / Film / TV | 23 | 4% | 13% | 26% | |
| Spanish | 21 | 38% | 48% | 71% | |
| French | 20 | 25% | 50% | 65% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Southampton council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.