Woodlawn SchoolSouthlands School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Woodlawn School and Southlands School.

  • Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.

  • Woodlawn School was judged Good and Southlands School was judged Good.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Woodlawn School (0.0% in 2022-23, 0.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Woodlawn School versus Southlands School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure Whitley BayWoodlawn SchoolNorth ShieldsSouthlands SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our score Not scored Not scored
Local rankingNot rankedNot ranked
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeFoundation special school Foundation special school
Age range2-18 11-16
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll178 136
CapacityNot reported165
LocationWhitley Bay, NE25 9DL North Shields, NE30 2QR
GCSE results
Attainment 8Not reported5.3 46.0
Grade 5+ in English & mathsNot reported0.0% 45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & mathsNot reported0.0% 64.8%
Entering EBaccNot reported0.0% 40.5%
EBacc average point scoreNot reported0.38 4.09
Cohort17 31
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard0.0% Not reported62.0%
At higher standard0.0% Not reported8.0%
Pupils
Pupils in the census174 146
Free school meals (ever 6)47.2% 62.3%
English as an additional language1.7% 4.8%
SEN support0.0% 0.0%
SEN with an EHC plan100.0% 100.0%
Attendance
Overall absence9.7% Stronger figure10.0% 6.2%
Persistent absence27.7% 24.0% Stronger figure15.8%

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.

Woodlawn School

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