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1.108miles
was the furthest place offered on offer day for 2026-27 (Year 7). That is how far the last place reached in ONE year — not a boundary, and not a guarantee. It moves with the number of applicants, so treat it as a guide rather than a line on a map.
Last distance offered at Woodlands Community College, year by year →
When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.
If two applications tie: Should two or more identical distances exist for the last vacancy, lots will be drawn by a senior manager at Southampton City Council.
Category 7 (named feeder primary/junior school) ceases to apply from 31 December 2026, partway through this 2027-28 admissions cycle. Where a category is oversubscribed, distance is used to prioritise applications within it (shortest, safest walking distance via public roads/footpaths, computerised Ordnance Survey-based mapping, measured to the nearest pedestrian gate open during school hours), before the lots-based tie-break applies to identical distances. Children with EHCPs naming the school are admitted outside this process and still count towards the PAN (not itself a numbered criterion).
Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.
Same phase, ranked by distance and how closely they match.
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