Woodlands School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Basildon, Essex
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Essex County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2023–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Woodlands School is a secondary school in Basildon, Essex for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 11 October 2023. Essex has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Woodlands 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 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2022 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 29.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Essex is 23.7%.
- There were 399 first-choice applications for 287 Year 7 offers in 2026: 1.4 first choices per offer, the 7th highest of 75 Essex secondary schools.
- In 2026, 249 Year 7 offers went to first-choice families, and 150 first-choice families (38%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 33% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 42.1 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Essex schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Woodlands Approach, Woodlands School, Basildon, SS16 5BA
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Essex
- Pupils on roll
- 1,513 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 11 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to Woodlands.”
- “They feel safe in school and have trusted adults with whom they can raise concerns.”
- “They appreciate how the school acts on their suggestions to make them feel safer, for example by increasing adult supervision of pupils at breakand lunchtimes.”
To improve
- “In a very small number of subjects, this is not as developed.”
- “Occasionally, teachers do not always plan activities that help pupils add to what they already know.”
- “This sometimes prevents pupils from making sense of new concepts or building on their prior knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 November 2023 (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) | 33% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.1 | 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: 399 first-preference applications, 287 offers in total, 249 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 Essex.
- De La Salle School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The James Hornsby School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Basildon Lower Academy 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Basildon Upper Academy 2.1 mi Good
- The Bromfords School 3.6 mi Not judged
- The Billericay School 4.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Appleton School 4.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Beauchamps High School 5.0 mi Not judged Last distance published