Woodlands Academy
Beechdale Road, Aspley, Nottingham, NG8 3EZ
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 3 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- RALEIGH EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Morgan
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Raleigh Education Trust
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Nottingham North and Kimberley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Pupils on roll
- 96
- URN
- 144321
- Local authority
- Nottingham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01159155734
About this school
Woodlands Academy is a special academy in Nottingham. It teaches children aged 3 to 16 and has 96 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- 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 | 8 | 1 | 8 |
| 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 | 90.0 | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | 89.0 | - | - |
| Reading progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -7.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.40 | - | - |
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 | 7 | 9 | 17 |
| Attainment 8 score | 7.7 | 3.4 | 0.9 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.15 -2.28 to -0.02 | -1.45 -2.37 to -0.52 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 14% | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
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 Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Nottingham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 55.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | — | 57.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Nottingham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.7 | 38.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 3.4 | 38 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 0.9 | 38.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 18.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 15.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 87 |
| 2023/24 | 89 |
| 2024/25 | 94 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 71.28%
- English as an additional language
- 17%
- Overall absence
- 12.15%
- Persistent absence
- 30.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Oak Field School0.4 miles
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Westbury Academy0.7 miles
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-
Silver Linings School0.8 miles
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-
Take 1 Learning Centre1.6 miles
Independent schools
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Fig Tree Primary School1.6 miles
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- Bracken Hill School Academies
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- Denewood Academy Academies
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- Longdale Lodge Outdoor Learning Centre Special schools
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Common questions
- What year groups does Woodlands Academy teach?
- Woodlands Academy teaches children aged 3 to 16. It is a special school in Nottingham.
- Who is the headteacher of Woodlands Academy?
- The headteacher of Woodlands Academy is Mr Andrew Morgan, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Woodlands Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Woodlands Academy, 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 Woodlands Academy?
- Woodlands Academy has 96 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 16.
- Is Woodlands Academy a faith school?
- No. Woodlands Academy has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Woodlands Academy?
- Woodlands Academy is part of RALEIGH EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Woodlands Academy have?
- The schools register lists Woodlands Academy's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Woodlands Academy'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 Woodlands Academy's absence rate?
- Woodlands Academy's overall absence rate is 12.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Woodlands Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Woodlands Academy'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 10 July 2026.