Foundation special school

Woodlands Meed

Mixed · ages 2–19 · with sixth formWest Sussex, South East · Burgess Hill RH15 9EYSchool website
Pupils on roll
296of 259 places
Free school meals
32.5%
Year 11 cohort 2025
24
Ofsted
School remains Good, 5 October 2023Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registrations: Newick House School (URN 126164, until 1 September 2012); Court Meadow School, Cuckfield (URN 126165, until 1 September 2012).

What the data says

Of the 27 pupils who finished Year 11 at Woodlands Meed in 2023, 0% stayed on in Woodlands Meed’s own sixth form (West Sussex average 26%), 19% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in West Sussex and England.

Woodlands Meed
West Sussex
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureWoodlands MeedWest SussexEngland
Pupils in the cohort278,692607,348
Any sustained destination100%94%92%
Stayed in education100%88%86%
— school sixth form0%26%34%
— sixth form college0%20%13%
— further education college19%41%37%
— other education81%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%2%3%
Employment0%3%3%
No sustained destination0%5%6%
Destination unknown0%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureWoodlands MeedWest SussexEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)0.946.246.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%46%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%67%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%37%41%
EBacc average point score0.074.074.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort38%18%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils0.031.434.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils1.449.450.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language13%11%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 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
Mathematics28%88%22%
Biology14%23%45%
English Language14%89%20%
Combined Science14%65%9%

Other secondary schools in West Sussex

Chichester High School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,191 pupils

81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.0

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.