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Woodlands Park High School, Wishaw

Special
Local Authority
Mixed
Non-denominational

Woodlands Park High School is a special school for pupils in Wishaw.

Attendance
94%
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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

Woodlands Park High School in detail

School in Scotland

Woodlands Park High School is a local authority school in Scotland. Scottish schools are inspected by Education Scotland rather than Ofsted, and Scotland does not publish school-by-school exam league tables.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 67 pupils and 4.2 pupils per teacher.

100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.

36% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 16% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 94% in 2024/25, and 23.1% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A).

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other special schools to Woodlands Park High School are Firpark Special School - Secondary (2.7 miles), Firpark Primary School (3.1 miles), Clydeview School (4 miles) and Victoria Park School (4.5 miles).

Firpark Special School - SecondaryFirpark Primary SchoolClydeview SchoolVictoria Park School

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Wishaw Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hazeldean Crescent (at), 90 metres away.

Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)

Location

Key Information

Scottish Government
LA:North Lanarkshire
Phone:01698 274939
Address:297 Coltness Road, Wishaw, Wishaw, ML2 7EX
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Woodlands Park High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.

URN:8518149

At a Glance

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Special Measures

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Getting There

Bus Stops

Hazeldean Crescent (At)
92m · 1 min walk
Lammermoor Primary School (at)
107m · 2 min walk
Coltness Road (at)
134m · 2 min walk
Kilmeny Crescent (At)
189m · 3 min walk
Greenlaw Avenue (after)
227m · 4 min walk

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
7
Fatal
0
Serious
2
Children hurt
3

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 5 slight.

3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot.

2 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.

The typical figure for schools in North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Questions parents ask about Woodlands Park High School

What is the catchment area for Woodlands Park High School?

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Woodlands Park High School is no exception: children living in its zone are normally given a place there automatically. Families who want a different school make a placing request to North Lanarkshire. North Lanarkshire publishes the zone boundary.

How do I apply to Woodlands Park High School?

If you live in Woodlands Park High School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and North Lanarkshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to North Lanarkshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.

How many road collisions happen near Woodlands Park High School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 5 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot. 2 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Woodlands Park High School?

Woodlands Park High School is at 297 Coltness Road, Wishaw, Wishaw, ML2 7EX.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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