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Woodlands School

Mixed · ages 9–16Shropshire, West Midlands · Shrewsbury SY4 5PJTrust: Marches Academy TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
67of 82 places
Free school meals
67.2%
Year 11 cohort 2025
10
Ofsted
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Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Woodlands School (URN 123630, until 28 February 2021).

What the data says

Of the 11 pupils who finished Year 11 at Woodlands School in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 27% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 4.9 against 46.1 across England and 42.5 in Shropshire, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

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 Shropshire and England.

Woodlands School
Shropshire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureWoodlands SchoolShropshireEngland
Pupils in the cohort112,982607,348
Any sustained destination82%91%92%
Stayed in education82%81%86%
— school sixth form0%15%34%
— sixth form college0%45%13%
— further education college27%19%37%
— other education55%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%5%3%
Employment0%5%3%
No sustained destination9%5%6%
Destination unknown9%3%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureWoodlands SchoolShropshireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)4.942.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%37%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%59%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%33%41%
EBacc average point score0.133.714.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort80%21%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils31.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils45.550.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language0%5%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
Biology550%23%45%
English Language550%89%20%
Mathematics550%88%22%
Art and Design110%7%24%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Hospitality / Catering Studies4
Sports Studies2

Other secondary schools in Shropshire

Belvidere School

Academy converter · 830 pupils

83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.8

Idsall School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,172 pupils

86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.0

Lakelands Academy

Academy converter · 590 pupils

76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.1

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.