Woodside Lodge Outdoor Learning Centre
14, Bond Lane, Leicestershire, LE12 7AA
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 5 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mrs Stacey Bollard
- Constituency
- Loughborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 55
- Pupils on roll
- 50
- URN
- 139734
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01509415474
About this school
Woodside Lodge Outdoor Learning Centre is an independent special school in Leicestershire. It teaches children aged 5 to 19 and has 50 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Woodside Lodge Outdoor Learning Centre under its current framework. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Woodside Lodge Outdoor Learning Centre has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in May 2013, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 10 | 3 | 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 Woodside Lodge Outdoor Learning Centre has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 36 |
| 2023/24 | 43 |
| 2024/25 | 46 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 50
- Pupils on SEN support
- 0
Location
Nearby schools
-
Loughborough Grammar School1.2 miles
Independent schools · Loughborough
-
Loughborough High School1.2 miles
Independent schools
-
Fairfield Prep School1.3 miles
Independent schools
-
Compass Community School Mountfields Park1.5 miles
Special schools · Loughborough
-
Hardwick House School1.6 miles
Special schools
Other schools in Leicestershire
- ASPIRE: Lifeskills Special schools
- Oakwood Community School Special schools
- The Cedars Special schools
- Wolfdale School Special schools
- Launde Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Woodside Lodge Outdoor Learning Centre teach?
- Woodside Lodge Outdoor Learning Centre teaches children aged 5 to 19. It is a special school in Leicestershire.
- Who is the headteacher of Woodside Lodge Outdoor Learning Centre?
- The headteacher of Woodside Lodge Outdoor Learning Centre is Mrs Stacey Bollard, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Woodside Lodge Outdoor Learning Centre been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Woodside Lodge Outdoor Learning Centre 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 Woodside Lodge Outdoor Learning Centre?
- Woodside Lodge Outdoor Learning Centre has 50 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 19.
- Is Woodside Lodge Outdoor Learning Centre full?
- Woodside Lodge Outdoor Learning Centre has capacity for 55 pupils and 50 on roll (91%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Woodside Lodge Outdoor Learning Centre a faith school?
- No. Woodside Lodge Outdoor Learning Centre has no designated religious character.
- What are Woodside Lodge Outdoor Learning Centre's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Woodside Lodge Outdoor Learning Centre'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 24 July 2026.