Woodlands Community College
Foundation secondary school in Southampton (Southampton).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Woodlands Community College is a secondary school located in Southampton. The school caters for boys and girls aged 11 to 16 and currently has 901 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 900. It is part of the Reach Cooperative Trust. The school is led by Mr James Henderson.
Enrichment
1 activityiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Accelerated Reader
Awards
2 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Basic Skills Quality MarkLiteracy and numeracy
- Inclusion Quality MarkInclusion
Key facts
- URN
- 116465
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Constituency
- Southampton Itchen
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1997
Governing body (9 current, 4 former)
iMaintained school governing body (trust-linked).3 governors are linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stuart Baldwin Confirmed same person | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Ms Kirsten Buist Confirmed same person Former | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2025 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Andy Chan | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Hermann Trepesch | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Daniel Alborough | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Gemma Wright | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Pauline Hilton | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Holly Sanchez | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Karen Denyer-Hampton | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2019 · until 2030 |
| Headteacher James Henderson Confirmed same person | Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2018 · until 2030 |
| Ms Ruth Thomas Former | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2025 |
| Miss Charlotte Symonds Former | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2025 |
| Councillor Peter Baillie Former | Governor | Nominated by LA and appointed by GB | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record