Woodlands School
Fortyfoot Road, Leatherhead, KT22 8RY
This school is closed (it closed in April 2026).
It was replaced by Woodlands School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 2 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Sarah Smith
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Epsom and Ewell
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Pupils on roll
- 135
- URN
- 125469
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Website
- School website
About this school
Woodlands School was a community special school in Leatherhead. It taught children aged 2 to 19 and had 135 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Woodlands School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | - | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | - | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | - | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | - | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | - | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -7.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -5.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -6.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Woodlands School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Surrey average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 61.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | — | 62.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 62.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 14.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 106 |
| 2023/24 | 107 |
| 2024/25 | 107 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 25%
- English as an additional language
- 14%
- Overall absence
- 11.38%
- Persistent absence
- 42.35%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Woodlands School0.0 miles
Academies · Leatherhead
-
St John's School0.3 miles
Independent schools · Leatherhead
-
Little Downsend Leatherhead0.3 miles
Independent schools · Leatherhead
-
Downsend School0.5 miles
Independent schools · Leatherhead
-
West Hill School1.3 miles
Academies · Leatherhead
Other schools in Leatherhead
- Elysian, West Horsley Special schools
- Fox Grove School Free Schools
- West Hill School Academies
- Woodlands School Academies
- Eastwick Infant School Primary
- Eastwick Junior School Primary
- Fetcham Village Infant School Primary
- Great Bookham School Primary
- Leatherhead Trinity School and Nursery Primary
- Oakfield Junior School Primary
- Polesden Lacey Infant Academy Primary
- St Lawrence Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Woodlands School teach?
- Woodlands School taught children aged 2 to 19. It was a special school in Leatherhead.
- Has Woodlands School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Woodlands School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Woodlands School?
- Woodlands School had 135 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 19.
- How have Woodlands School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Woodlands School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Woodlands School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.