Sheringham Woodfields School

State-Funded School

sheringham-woodfields-school-norfolk-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

NorfolkLocal Authority

North NorfolkConstituency

NR26 8NDPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Sheringham Woodfields School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–19, located in Norfolk, East of England.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 160 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

92%

Mixed

Unclassified

Pupils

160

Total Pupils

76%Boys

24%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

44%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 3 – 19
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 160
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 23 May 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
4 Mar 2019	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.