Secondary
Woodlands Secondary School
Northwell Drive, Luton, LU3 3SP
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 262 of 265 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 8.7
- Local authority
- Luton
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 30.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 128.3
- Pupils per adult
- 2.0
- Pupils
- 262
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2024
Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Sixth formOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
November 2022
Ungraded inspection
Outstanding
Read the report (opens in a new tab)November 2016
Previous framework
Outstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
Northwell Drive, Luton, LU3 3SP
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Luton admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Sandra Clarke
- Address
- Northwell Drive, Luton, LU3 3SP
- Telephone
- 01582572880