Woodlands Community College, Southampton

In 2026, pupils at Woodlands Community College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 31.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 41.1 in Southampton and 47 across England.

16% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 37% in Southampton and 47% in England.

That is down from 35.5 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.89: pupils made well below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 26.1, against 40.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 14.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 192 families put Woodlands Community College as their first choice and 365 named it as one of their preferences, for 180 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 20 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Woodlands Community College are Oasis Academy Sholing (1.4 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 40.9); Bitterne Park School (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.6); Wildern School (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.4); and Oasis Academy Mayfield (1.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 38.3).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Woodlands Community College.

Woodlands Community College is one of 7 schools run by Reach Cooperative Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 182 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 74% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 24% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 5% into work.

56.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

Woodlands Community College has a resourced provision for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, visual impairment, other difficulties or disabilities, hearing impairment, speech, language and communication needs, autism, social, emotional and mental health needs, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, moderate learning difficulties and severe learning difficulties: 10 places, 10 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Bitterne Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Faringdon Road (sw-bound), 130 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Woodlands Community College stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Woodlands Community College issued 149 suspensions, 16.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Woodlands Community College are Harefield Primary School (0.4 miles), Kanes Hill Primary School (0.6 miles), Thornhill Primary School (0.7 miles) and Moorlands Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.