Woodlands SchoolPoplar House School

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

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Woodlands School and Poplar House School.

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 Poplar House School was judged strong.
The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Woodlands School (0.0% in 2022-23, 0.0% in 2024-25).

Woodlands School versus Poplar House School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	BlackpoolWoodlands School	Poplar House School	England average
Overview
Our score	Not scored	Not scored
Local ranking	Not ranked	Not ranked
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: StrongStronger figure
School type	Community special school	Other independent special school
Age range	2-19	7-19
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	111	23
Capacity	110	42
Location	Blackpool, FY3 9HF	FY8 1UR
GCSE results
Cohort	7	3
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard	0.0%	Not reported	62.0%
At higher standard	0.0%	Not reported	8.0%
Pupils
Pupils in the census	108	18
Free school meals (ever 6)	76.9%	0.0%
English as an additional language	6.5%	Not reported
SEN support	0.0%	0.0%
SEN with an EHC plan	100.0%	100.0%
Attendance
Overall absence	5.7%	Not reported	6.2%
Persistent absence	16.5%	Not reported	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.

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.