The Woodroffe School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C61
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Lyme Regis, DT7 3LX
- Distance
- 6.8km away
Axe Valley Academy
Chard Street, Axminster, EX13 5EA
Local ranking32nd of 41 secondary schools in Devon
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
750
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 19 September 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 39.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 32.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 55.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 117
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 84.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 757
- Boys
- 364 (49%)
- Girls
- 377 (51%)
- Capacity
- 750 (99% full)
- SEND
- 30.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 30.0%
- EAL
- 5.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.7%
- SEN Support
- 25.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 41.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,120/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 33.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 88.0%
- Asian Indian: 3.5%
- Other: 1.7%
- White Other: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.5%
- Asian Other: 0.9%
- Black African: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.8%
88.0%
White British
3.5%
Asian Indian
1.7%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 144392
- UKPRN
- 10063413
- Establishment No.
- 4021
- Trust
- BLACKDOWN EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP
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