Woodlands Community College
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–16 · Southampton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Not published
From Southampton City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Woodlands Community College is a secondary school in Southampton for ages 11–16 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 September 2022. Southampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Woodlands Community College 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 2026 | Not published |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Year 7 2024, every applicant was offered a place; a last distance was published in 2 of the 4 earlier years, and it swung sharply between some years.
- 56.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 36.8% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Southampton.
- For Year 7 2026, there were 192 first-choice applications for 180 offers; 172 offers went to first-choice families and 20 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 16% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Southampton.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Southampton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Minstead Avenue, Harefield, Southampton, SO18 5FW
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Southampton
- Pupils on roll
- 907 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 56.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 September 2022
Strengths
- “Woodlands Community College is a purposeful and caring school.”
- “Pupils respect their teachers and appreciate the time they take to get to know them as individuals.”
- “Parents and carers rightly recognise that teachers have high expectations for what pupils can accomplish.”
To improve
- “Although the impact of this work on individual pupils is clear, there are still too many who do not attend school often enough.”
- “Leaders are in the process of addressing some variability in how effectively the curriculum is delivered.”
- “Sometimes pupils develop gaps in their learning because teachers are not as clear or consistent as they could be when introducing new concepts.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 October 2022 (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) | 16% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 35.5 | 46 |
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: 192 first-preference applications, 180 offers in total, 172 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 Southampton.
- Oasis Academy Sholing 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bitterne Park School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Mayfield 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Weston Secondary School 2.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton 2.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic School 3.0 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Cantell School 3.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Upper Shirley High School 3.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published