Woodlands SchoolLongcause Community Special School
Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Plymouth.
Summary of the comparison
This page compares Woodlands School and Longcause Community Special School in Plymouth.
Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.
Woodlands School was judged Good and Longcause Community Special School was judged Good.
The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Longcause Community Special School (0.0% in 2022-23, 0.0% in 2024-25).
Side-by-side comparison
| Measure | PlymouthWoodlands School | PlymouthLongcause Community Special School | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overview | |||
| Our score | Not scored | Not scored | |
| Local ranking | Not ranked | Not ranked | |
| Inspection | Ofsted: Good | Ofsted: Good | |
| School type | Foundation special school | Community special school | |
| Age range | 2-19 | 4-16 | |
| Gender | Mixed | Mixed | |
| Pupils on roll | 97 | 118 | |
| Capacity | 93 | 117 | |
| Location | Plymouth, PL6 5ES | Plymouth, PL7 1JB | |
| GCSE results | |||
| Cohort | 7 | 16 | |
| Key Stage 2 (SATs) | |||
| Reading, writing & maths at expected standard | Not reported | 0.0% | 62.0% |
| At higher standard | Not reported | 0.0% | 8.0% |
| Pupils | |||
| Pupils in the census | 87 | 111 | |
| Free school meals (ever 6) | 26.0% | 48.6% | |
| English as an additional language | 4.6% | 8.1% | |
| SEN support | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| SEN with an EHC plan | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
| Attendance | |||
| Overall absence | 14.9% | 8.9% Stronger figure | 6.2% |
| Persistent absence | 51.4% | 16.2% Stronger figure | 15.8% |
marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.
Historical trends
Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.
Overall absence
Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)
Pupils on roll
Ethnicity over time
One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.
Woodlands School
Longcause Community Special School
Full profiles: Woodlands School · Longcause Community Special School