Woodlands School
Community special school · Ages 2–19 · Blackpool
Woodlands School is a special school in Blackpool for ages 2–19. Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 May 2024.
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Key facts
- Address
- Whitegate Drive, Blackpool, FY3 9HF
- Type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 2–19
- Council
- Blackpool
- Pupils on roll
- 111 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 69.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 7.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 15 May 2024
Strengths
- “Staff know and respond to pupils’ additional needs well.”
- “This puts pupils at ease and helps them to feel safe.”
- “Pupils receive effective support to express their feelings using a range of appropriate communication strategies.”
To improve
- “Nonetheless, in some areas of learning, the school has not identified the knowledge that pupils will learn clearly enough.”
- “This means that, on occasion, some pupils do not learn as well as they could.”
- “However, some staff are not as skilled as they should be in adapting the curriculum for those pupils who are developing their pre-reading skills.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 October 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 0% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Straight-line distance, in Blackpool.
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