Woodlands Secondary School
Special schoolWoodlands Secondary School is a special school in Luton, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 262 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), May 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 8 May 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationEnd of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Luton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | Does not apply to this school | 45.6 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 45.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 63.8% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 18 | – | – |
- Woodlands Secondary School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Lea Manor High SchoolSecondary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 42.3 (2025/26, provisional)380 m
- Waulud Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)530 m
- The Meads Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 2024. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)660 m
- Whitefield Primary AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, May 2023. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)850 m
- Parklea Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), February 2024. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- Bramingham Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), March 2023. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Luton
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).