Foundation school · Southampton

Woodlands Community College

11–16Ages
907Pupils
SecondaryPhase
116465URN

Minstead Avenue, Harefield, Southampton, SO18 5FW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2022 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.0per place

close to Southampton median (2.0)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Southampton

365 applications for 180 places · 7th of 13 in Southampton

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

31.6of 90

Southampton 40.6 England 46.0

9th of 11 in Southampton

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 13 September 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

2.0applications per place, Year 7

close to Southampton median (2.0) 0.2 below England median (2.2)

365 applications · 180 places offered · 192 named it first

2026 2.0; Southampton median median 2.0
2025 1.9; Southampton median median 1.9
2024 2.0; Southampton median median 2.0
2023 1.6; Southampton median median 2.0
2022 1.3; Southampton median median 1.5
2021 1.3; Southampton median median 2.0
2020 1.2; Southampton median median 2.0
2019 1.1; Southampton median median 1.8
2018 1.6; Southampton median median 2.2
2017 1.6; Southampton median median 2.0
2016 1.4; Southampton median median 1.8
2015 1.3; Southampton median median 2.0
2014 1.5; Southampton median median 2.0

More applications per place than the Southampton median in 0 of 13 years.

This school
Southampton median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	180	365	2.0	192	1.07
Sep 2025	181	351	1.9	196	1.08
Sep 2024	168	330	2.0	165	0.98
Sep 2023	172	279	1.6	142	0.83
Sep 2022	180	232	1.3	141	0.78
Sep 2021	163	214	1.3	106	0.65
Sep 2020	161	196	1.2	84	0.52
Sep 2019	178	195	1.1	103	0.58
Sep 2018	113	184	1.6	93	0.82
Sep 2017	122	191	1.6	87	0.71
Sep 2016	130	176	1.4	81	0.62
Sep 2015	118	152	1.3	67	0.57
Sep 2014	109	167	1.5	77	0.71

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

180 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)31.69th of 11 in Southampton

Southampton 40.6 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths16%11th of 11 in Southampton

Southampton 34% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths34%

Southampton 55% England 66%

This school
Southampton median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.89

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	180	31.6	16%	34%	–
2024/25	176	35.5	16%	40%	–
2023/24	182	33.7	19%	39%	−0.89
2022/23	127	31.4	19%	34%	−1.01

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Woodlands Community CollegeThis school
This school

Good2022

2.0applications per place 31.6Attainment 8
Oasis Academy Sholing
2.2 km · Southampton

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.0applications per place 40.9Attainment 8
Bitterne Park School
2.5 km · Southampton

Good2024

2.1applications per place 40.6Attainment 8
Wildern School
2.6 km · Hampshire

Good2024

2.0applications per place 45.4Attainment 8
Oasis Academy Mayfield
3.1 km · Southampton

Good2024

1.8applications per place 38.3Attainment 8
Weston Secondary School
3.7 km · Southampton

2026

1.1applications per place 30.3Attainment 8
Deer Park School
3.8 km · Hampshire

Good2023

3.5applications per place 50.3Attainment 8
Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton
4.3 km · Southampton

Outstanding2023

3.2applications per place 57.8Attainment 8
St Anne's Catholic School
4.8 km · Southampton

Remains Outstanding2022

1.7applications per place 54.4Attainment 8

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Foundation school
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 116465 · 852/4306
Trust: Reach Cooperative Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 900 pupils · 907 on roll
Free school meals: 56.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: Resourced provision
Opened: 17 January 1997
Address: Minstead Avenue, Harefield, Southampton, SO18 5FW
Local authority: Southampton

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources