The Woodlands

State-Funded School

the-woodlands-durham-north-east

North EastRegion

DurhamLocal Authority

Newton Aycliffe and SpennymoorConstituency

DL17 8ANPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

The Woodlands is a state-funded pru for pupils aged 6–16, located in Durham, North East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 330 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

97%

Asian

<1%

Black

Mixed

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

330

Total Pupils

67%Boys

33%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

81%

England average

27%

First language not English

<1%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: PRU
Age range: 6 – 16
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 330
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

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

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 30 April 2025. 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
12 Sept 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

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.