Academy sponsor led · Primary
Sheffield · S5 9QN · Sheffield
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenURN 107180
Woolley Wood School
Community special school · Sheffield · S5 9QN
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
101
Local authority
Sheffield
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- 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 community special school, Ages 3–11, in Sheffield, Sheffield, 101 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, special school. Free school meals: 52.1%. SEN provision includes: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability….
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Overview
- School type
- Community special school
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 107180
Location
- Address
- Chaucer Road
- Postcode
- S5 9QN
- Town
- Sheffield
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- District
- Sheffield
- Constituency
- Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
- 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
- 101
- Boys / girls
- 55 / 46
- Free school meals
- 52.1%
- FSM pupils
- 49
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Community special school
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; 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
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr David Whitehead
- Telephone
- 01142327160
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
2024-06-17
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%