Foundation school · Primary
Plymouth · PL5 4AA · Plymouth
Ages 2–11
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenURN 113644
Woodlands School
Foundation special school · Plymouth · PL6 5ES
Age range
Ages 2–19
Pupils
97
Local authority
Plymouth
Age range
Ages 2–19
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
3 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed foundation special school, Ages 2–19, in Plymouth, Plymouth, 97 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, sixth form, special school. Free school meals: 27.9%. SEN provision includes: VI - Visual Impairment; HI - Hearing Impairment; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment….
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Overview
- School type
- Foundation special school
- Age range
- 2–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 113644
Location
- Address
- Woodview Learning Community, Picklecombe Drive, Off Tamerton Foliot Road
- Postcode
- PL6 5ES
- Town
- Plymouth
- County
- Devon
- Local authority
- Plymouth
- District
- Plymouth
- Constituency
- Plymouth Moor View
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 97
- Boys / girls
- 49 / 48
- School capacity
- 85
- Capacity fill
- 97 / 85 (114%)
- Free school meals
- 27.9%
- FSM pupils
- 24
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Supported by a trust
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- VI - Visual Impairment; HI - Hearing Impairment; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 10 on roll / 10 capacity
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Andrea Hemmens
- Telephone
- 01752300101
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-03-19
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 1.4
- English & maths grade 5+
- 0%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 0%
- EBacc entry
- 0%
- EBacc APS
- 0.2
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%