Woodlands Community College

Foundation schoolSecondaryAges 11–16Mixed

Minstead Avenue, Harefield, Southampton, SO18 5FW

Headteacher · Mr James Henderson

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 16 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils907Capacity 900

OfstedGoodInspected 13 September 2022

TrustReach Cooperative Trust

Free school meals56.1%

SEN provisionResourced provision

Good

Graded inspection on 13 September 2022.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through Southampton council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

172 of the 192 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered180

Applications365

First choice192

First-choice offers172

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).