The Woodlands Academy

School Name: The Woodlands Academy
Address: Woodlands Drive
Town/City: Scarborough
County: North Yorkshire
Postcode: YO12 6QN
Telephone Number: 01723 373260
Website: https://www.horizonstrust.org.uk/

Phase: Ages 2-16
Type: Academy special converter
Religious Denomination: None
Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Established: 2013
Trust: Horizons Specialist Academy Trust
Sponsor: Horizons Specialist Academy Trust

Co-Headteacher: Headteacher Michelle Hockham
Capacity: 136
Gender: Mixed

The following details are from a census on 15 January 2026:
Number of pupils: 146 (68% boys & 32% girls)
Enrollment: 107% of capacity
Free school meal eligibility: 57.5%

• ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
• SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
• MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty

URN: 139482
DfE Number: 815/7009
UKPRN: 10041052
UPRN: 100052248441
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (E12000003)
District: North Yorkshire (E06000065)
Constituency: Scarborough and Whitby (E14001461)
Electoral Ward: Woodlands (E05014338)

Easting & Northing: 501856E, 488298N
Latitude & Longitude: 54° 16' 50.94" N 0° 26' 12.91" W
Plus Code: 9C6X7HJ7+86

DfE Record: View record

1. Graham School (0.3km)
2. Scarborough Sixth Form College (0.7km)
3. Barrowcliff School (0.8km)
4. St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academy (1.0km)
5. Newby and Scalby Academy (1.3km)
6. Scalby Academy (1.5km)
7. Scarborough, Northstead Community Primary School (1.6km)
8. Gladstone Road Primary School (1.6km)
9. St Peter's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy (1.7km)
10. Childhaven Community Nursery School (1.8km)

Same trust

• Abbey Hill Academy
• Green Gates Academy
• Westlands Academy
• Hollis Academy
• Mo Mowlam Academy
• Archway Academy
• The Meadows Academy

• Abbey Hill Academy
• Green Gates Academy
• Westlands Academy
• Hollis Academy
• Mo Mowlam Academy
• Archway Academy
• The Meadows Academy

• The Woodlands School