Woodlands SchoolMill Ford School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Plymouth.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Woodlands School and Mill Ford 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 Mill Ford School was judged Outstanding.
The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Mill Ford School (0.0% in 2022-23, 0.0% in 2024-25).

Woodlands School versus Mill Ford School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	PlymouthWoodlands School	PlymouthMill Ford School	England average
Overview
Our score	Not scored	Not scored
Local ranking	Not ranked	Not ranked
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School type	Foundation special school	Community special school
Age range	2-19	3-19
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	97	149
Capacity	93	108
Location	Plymouth, PL6 5ES	Plymouth, PL5 2PY
GCSE results
Cohort	7	19
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	132
Free school meals (ever 6)	26.0%	55.5%
English as an additional language	4.6%	12.9%
SEN support	0.0%	0.0%
SEN with an EHC plan	100.0%	100.0%
Attendance
Overall absence	14.9%	9.7% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	51.4%	29.4% 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.