Woodlane High School

Community special school · Mixed · ages 11–16Hammersmith and Fulham, London W12school website

Four in five Year 11 leavers stay in education (England 86%); as a special school, its figures are not comparable with mainstream schools.

Where this school leads
86%

of Year 11 leavers stayed in education · Hammersmith and Fulham 91% · England 86% · DfE destination measures, pupils who left in 2023

Knowledge sphere of Woodlane High School: fields of knowledge mapped by the subjects taken here, by ISCED levelLanguage & Communication · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Language & Communication · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 28%Language & Communication · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 6%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Natural Sciences · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 6%Natural Sciences · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 2%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 2%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Health & Safety · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 16%Health & Safety · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Business & Administration · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 11%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Transversal Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 10%Transversal Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 11%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%LanguageMathsScienceICTEngineeringHealthBusinessLawSocialArtsTransversalGreen
Ofsted
Standards kept
Places
—
Pupils
109
Free school meals
56.9%

Ofsted: Short inspection, 20 November 2024: the last full grade still stands · report. Places: the last distance at which places were offered is not on file (it comes from Hammersmith and Fulham’s allocation statistics). Pupils: of 100 places. Free school meals: pupils eligible, a measure of family income.

After Year 11 · age 16

Where do pupils go at 16?

86%stayed in education after Year 11
This school86%
Hammersmith and Fulham91%
England86%

DfE Key Stage 4 destination measures · 22 pupils who left Year 11 in 2023

Of the 22 pupils who finished Year 11 at Woodlane High School in 2023, 5% moved to a sixth form college, 59% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Stayed in education — counted only if the pupil was still there for two terms of the next year; apprenticeships and jobs are counted the same way.

Full breakdown11
MeasureWoodlane High SchoolHammersmith and FulhamEngland
Pupils in the cohort221,530607,348
Any sustained destination86%93%92%
Stayed in education86%91%86%
— school sixth form23%66%34%
— sixth form college5%5%13%
— further education college59%16%37%
— other education0%4%2%
Apprenticeship0%1%3%
Employment0%1%3%
No sustained destination5%4%6%
Destination unknown9%4%3%
GCSE · Year 11 · 2025

How do GCSE results compare?

11.1Attainment 8 score, out of 90
This school11.1
Hammersmith and Fulham55.5
England46.1

Attainment 8 — average GCSE points across eight subjects, English and maths counted twice; grade 5 in everything scores 50.

DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · 20 pupils in Year 11

45% of pupils here are disadvantaged (England 28%). Disadvantaged pupils here scored 13.0 — below disadvantaged pupils across England (34.9).

0% got grade 5 or above in both English and maths (Hammersmith and Fulham 62%, England 45%).

Grade 5 — a “strong pass”; grade 4 is a “standard pass”. Progress 8 is not published for 2025: this cohort had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020–21, so there is no baseline.

All GCSE measures10
MeasureWoodlane High SchoolHammersmith and FulhamEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)11.155.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%62%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths5%78%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%68%41%
EBacc average point score0.475.204.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort45%33%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils13.045.234.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils9.660.650.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)———
English as an additional language10%37%19%
Subjects · 2025

What do pupils study?

30.30%of the Key Stage 3 and GCSE curriculum mapped by the subjects taken here

Mapped — the share of the 2,029 learning outcomes the Department for Education sets for these stages that the subjects taken here cover, weighted by how many pupils take each.

DfE subject entries 2025 · curriculum catalogue by sch.today

Language & Communication28%
Health & Safety16%
Green & Sustainability11%
Arts & Humanities11%
Transversal Skills10%

Fields of knowledge — twelve fields the curriculum catalogue sorts every learning outcome into; the bars show the GCSE and A level ring.

GCSE subjects8

Entries as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Art and Design1890%7%0%24%50%
Textiles1155%2%9%27%45%
English Language945%89%0%20%11%
Biology840%23%0%45%13%
English Literature840%86%0%21%13%
Spanish735%19%14%27%29%
Mathematics420%88%—22%—
Photography15%6%—19%—
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications1
SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Multimedia8——
Fields of knowledge, all stages12
Language & Communication44%
Health & Safety31%
Green & Sustainability27%
Transversal Skills24%
Natural Sciences24%
Arts & Humanities19%
Digital & ICT Skills17%
Mathematics & Statistics16%
Engineering & Manufacturing11%
Law & Public Administration7%
Social & Cultural Skills5%
Business & Administration3%

Ideas pupils meet most, weighted by the share of the cohort taking the subjects that teach them:

fraction 8.0critical source 7.5vocabulary 7.4context 6.3percentage 5.2purpose 5.1technique 5.0particle model 5.0observation 4.9grammar 4.8translation 4.5photosynthesis 4.4audience 4.2material 4.0change of state 4.0power 3.8adaptation 3.6ratio 3.6formulae 3.6standard english 3.5measurement 3.4diffusion 3.4poetry 3.4media 3.0

Coverage counts a subject’s outcomes in proportion to the share of the cohort entered for it; Combined Science counts as two thirds of the three separate sciences. Levels follow ISCED 2011 as UNESCO maps it for the UK: Key Stage 3 is ISCED 2; GCSE and A level are both ISCED 3. Methodology: about the data.

Careers

Which jobs use what’s taught here?

12apprenticeship standards closely match the subjects pupils take

A match of what’s taught, not of entry requirements: the standards whose knowledge and skills share the most ideas with the GCSEs and A levels taken here, weighted by how many pupils take each subject.

Level 3 / Level 6 — England’s qualification levels: 3 is A level standard, 4–5 are higher apprenticeships, 6 is a bachelor’s degree.

Skills England apprenticeship standards (Open Government Licence v3.0) · ESCO occupations, © European Union, matched by sch.today · how the match works

Water industry asset maintenance technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses data collection, ratio, scale from Biology, Mathematics, Computing and 3 more · jobs: consumer electronics repair technician, industrial electrician, electrician
Process industry manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses graph, pressure, solution from Mathematics, Design and Technology, Mathematics and 1 more · jobs: chemical engineering technician, chemical manufacturing quality technician, chemical production manager
Geoscientist (integrated degree)Level 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses data collection, conduct field work, climate change from Biology, Computing, Geography and 1 more · jobs: geologist, geological engineer, exploration geologist
More apprenticeships9
Junior visual effects - VFX artist or assistant technical director - ATDLevel 4 (higher) apprenticeship · creative and design · uses data collection, scale, technique from Art and Design, Computing, Design and Technology and 2 more · jobs: 3D modeller, technical director, animation layout artist
Science manufacturing technician 2023Level 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses unit conversion, graph, pressure from Biology, Mathematics, Mathematics and 1 more · jobs: pharmaceutical engineer, chemical manufacturing quality technician, pharmacy technician
ScientistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses conclusion, sampling technique, experimental design from Biology, Mathematics, Modern Foreign Language and 1 more · jobs: physicist, analytical chemist, geneticist
Storyboard artistLevel 7 degree apprenticeship · creative and design · uses interpretation, media, creative process from Art and Design, English Language, Modern Foreign Language and 2 more · jobs: storyboard artist
Production assistant - screen and audioLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · creative and design · uses spelling, punctuation, grammar from English Literature, English, Modern Foreign Language · jobs: factory hand, supply chain assistant, management assistant
Junior animatorLevel 4 (higher) apprenticeship · creative and design · uses form, texture, audience from Art and Design, English Language, Design and Technology and 1 more
Craft technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · creative and design · uses textile design, colour, prototyping from Art and Design, Mathematics, Design and Technology · jobs: 3D modeller, colour sampling technician, after-sales service technician
Creative digital design professional (integrated degree)Level 6 degree apprenticeship · digital · uses digital photography, typography, prototyping from Art and Design, Design and Technology · jobs: 3D animator, ICT application developer, creative director
Content creatorLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · creative and design · uses spelling, punctuation, grammar from English Literature, English, Modern Foreign Language · jobs: communication manager, online community manager, web content manager
Admissions

How do you get a place?

Places at special schools are allocated through an Education, Health and Care plan with Hammersmith and Fulham, not by distance.

  1. Any timeAsk Hammersmith and Fulham’s SEND team to name the school in the child’s EHC plan; the school is consulted before a place is offered
Hammersmith and Fulham

Compare with nearby schools

Stayed in education at 16 · Attainment 8 · pupils

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.