Woodfield
Stoneleigh Road, Coventry, CV4 7AB
This school is open but due to close.
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 5 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Principal
- Mr Nico De Groot
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Coventry South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 152
- Pupils on roll
- 163
- URN
- 131574
- Local authority
- Coventry
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02476418755
About this school
Woodfield is a community special school in Coventry. It teaches children aged 5 to 16 and has 163 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 18 | 23 | 16 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 17% | 19% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 9% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 9% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | 103.0 | 99.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | 98.0 | 91.0 |
| Reading progress | -15.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -13.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -14.50 | - | - |
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 | 14 | 20 | 19 |
| Attainment 8 score | 6.3 | 6.2 | 7.7 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.60 -2.52 to -0.68 | -1.62 -2.26 to -0.99 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 5% | 5.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
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 Woodfield has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Coventry average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 52.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 54.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 56.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Coventry average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.3 | 36.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 6.2 | 36.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 7.7 | 36.5 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 30.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 26.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 23.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 150 |
| 2023/24 | 155 |
| 2024/25 | 160 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 73.75%
- English as an additional language
- 3.1%
- Overall absence
- 23.9%
- Persistent absence
- 58.54%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Crackley Hall School1.3 miles
Independent schools · Kenilworth
-
University of Warwick1.7 miles
Universities · Coventry
-
The National Mathematics and Science College2.0 miles
Independent schools
-
Coventry Speech and Language Service Co Manor Park Primary School2.2 miles
Other types · Coventry
-
King Henry VIII School2.5 miles
Independent schools
Other schools in Coventry
- Ashcroft School Special schools
- Baginton Fields Academy Academies
- Castle Wood Special School Special schools
- Corley Academy Academies
- Coventry Alternative Provision Academy Academies
- Exhall Grange Specialist School Special schools
- Inspired Pathways Local authority maintained schools
- Kingsbury Academy Academies
- Park View Special schools
- Riverbank School Academies
- Sherbourne Fields School Special schools
- The Warwickshire Academy Free Schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Woodfield teach?
- Woodfield teaches children aged 5 to 16. It is a special school in Coventry.
- Who is the principal of Woodfield?
- The principal of Woodfield is Mr Nico De Groot, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Woodfield last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Woodfield, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Woodfield?
- Woodfield has 163 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 16.
- Is Woodfield a faith school?
- No. Woodfield has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Woodfield have?
- The schools register lists Woodfield's special educational needs provision as: SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Woodfield'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 is Woodfield's absence rate?
- Woodfield's overall absence rate is 23.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Woodfield's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Woodfield'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.