Woodlands
Packington Lane, Coleshill, Birmingham, B46 3JE
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 2 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- UNITY MAT
- Head Teacher
- Ms Melanie Keating
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- North Warwickshire and Bedworth
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 214
- Pupils on roll
- 216
- URN
- 145224
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01675463590
About this school
Woodlands is a special academy in Birmingham. It teaches children aged 2 to 19 and has 216 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Sixth form
- 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 | 18 | 7 |
| 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% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -6.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -6.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -7.90 | - | - |
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 | 23 | 18 | 14 |
| Attainment 8 score | 0.2 | 0.1 | - |
| Progress 8 score | -1.57 -2.15 to -1.00 | -1.59 -2.28 to -0.89 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.0 | 0.0 | - |
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 has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Warwickshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 58.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 58.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Warwickshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0.2 | 41.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 0.1 | 39.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 37.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 217 |
| 2023/24 | 215 |
| 2024/25 | 215 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
- 28 November 2023
-
Ungraded inspection report18 May 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 46.02%
- English as an additional language
- 5.6%
- Overall absence
- 10.52%
- Persistent absence
- 34.52%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Forest Oak School2.0 miles
Special schools · Birmingham
-
Merstone School2.0 miles
Special schools · Birmingham
-
THE SECRET GARDEN SCHOOL2.4 miles
Independent schools · Shustoke
-
The Heights Academy2.6 miles
Free Schools · Solihull
-
Centre for Accelerated Learning2.7 miles
Other types · Birmingham
Other schools in Birmingham
- Baskerville School Special schools
- Beaufort School Special schools
- Beaufort School Academies
- Braidwood School for the Deaf Special schools
- Brays School Academies
- Calthorpe Academy Academies
- Castlewood School Academies
- Cherry Oak School Special schools
- City of Birmingham School Local authority maintained schools
- East Birmingham Network Academy Free Schools
- Ebn Academy 2 Free Schools
- Everything Education School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Woodlands teach?
- Woodlands teaches children aged 2 to 19. It is a special school in Birmingham.
- Who is the head teacher of Woodlands?
- The head teacher of Woodlands is Ms Melanie Keating, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Woodlands last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Woodlands, 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?
- Woodlands has 216 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 19.
- Is Woodlands full?
- Woodlands has capacity for 214 pupils and 216 on roll (101%), so it is at or above 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 Woodlands a faith school?
- No. Woodlands has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Woodlands?
- Woodlands is part of UNITY MAT. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Woodlands have?
- The schools register lists Woodlands's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; HI - Hearing Impairment; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Woodlands'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's absence rate?
- Woodlands's overall absence rate is 10.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Woodlands's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Woodlands'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.