The Woodroffe School
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–18 · Lyme Regis, Dorset
Last distance offered · Year 7 2023
8.105 miles
Published by Dorset Council · offers on 1 March 2023
2015–2022 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Woodroffe School is a secondary school in Lyme Regis, Dorset for ages 11–18 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 December 2023. Dorset has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2023 entry.
The Woodroffe School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2023 | 8.105 mi |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2017 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2016 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 112 first-choice applications for 113 offers: 108 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (4%) were not offered a place.
- For Year 7 in 2026, 127 of the 225 applications (56%) came from families living outside Dorset, and 64 offers went to them.
- For Year 7 in 2023, the last child offered a place lived 8.105 miles away, about the same as in 2022 and further than in 2015, though it swung sharply between some years.
- In 2024/25, 55% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Dorset.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Dorset schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Uplyme Road, Lyme Regis, DT7 3LX
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Dorset
- Pupils on roll
- 886 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 December 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Woodroffe School receive high levels of support, both academically and pastorally.”
- “As a result, pupils achieve well and thrive.”
- “Warm, respectful relationships between pupils and staff underpin the positive, inclusive culture at the school.”
To improve
- “However, this is not always as effective as it could be.”
- “When assessment is not used well, some pupils, particularly those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) or are disadvantaged, have gaps in their learning which persist.”
- “However, the needs of pupils with SEND are not always well considered when designing and adapting the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 January 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 55% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 51.4 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 112 first-preference applications, 113 offers in total, 108 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Dorset.
- The Sir John Colfox Academy 8.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beaminster School 10.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Budmouth Academy Weymouth 21.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- The Thomas Hardye School 21.7 mi Not judged
- Wey Valley Academy 21.9 mi Good Last distance published
- All Saints' Church of England Academy 22.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Dorset Studio School 23.8 mi Good Last distance published
- The Gryphon School 24.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published