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Woodlands School

Woodview Learning Community, Picklecombe Drive, PL6 5ES

Foundation special school for ages 2–19 in Picklecombe Drive. Mixed intake.

Woodlands School is a foundation special school in Plymouth, teaching ages 2 to 19 with nursery classes and a sixth form. It has around 90 pupils and broad SEN provision spanning sensory impairment, physical disability, moderate learning difficulty, severe learning difficulty and profound and multiple learning difficulty. Ofsted rated it Good at its last full inspection (2014), so that view is dated.

The school describes a personalised approach to learning and development support. Its motto is "create empowered lives", and it says staff develop specialist skills through research-led practice and innovation.

Ages 2–19 · All-through
87 pupils · On roll
Foundation special school · Mixed

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Primary applications close on 15 January 2027; secondary applications close on 31 October 2026. Sign in and create a planner to keep the deadline and school visits together. See Plymouth’s deadlines and how to apply →