Woodlands

Other independent special school · Ages 6–14 · Rossendale, Lancashire

Woodlands is an independent special school in Rossendale, Lancashire for ages 6–14.

Key facts

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

No Ofsted grade

“The school meets all of the independent school standards that were checked during this inspection”
“The proprietor has ensured that those actions have been carried out and implemented within the specified time periods.”
“The actions taken have been carefully considered and timely.”

“At the school’s last progress monitoring inspection in September 2025, the inspector found that the proprietor had not ensured that all of the independent school standards (the standards) were securely met.”
“Support to ensure that staff had the knowledge they needed to deliver the curriculum effectively was at an early stage.”
“Consequently, there remained variability in how well pupils were achieving in some aspects of the curriculum.”

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 April 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Straight-line distance, in Lancashire.