Abingdon House School
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Independent · Special school · Westminster
Woodside School
Independent special school · Ages 5 to 16 · Mixed · 1 pupils
At a glance
- Type
- Independent special school
- Ages
- 5 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1 census January 2024
- Capacity
- 15
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Head
- Mrs Lesley-Ann Patrick
- Address
- St John's Wood Church, Lord's Roundabout, London, NW8 7NE
- Borough
- Westminster
- Telephone
- 07956351971
- DfE reference (URN)
- 148155
- Website
- woodside-schools.co.uk
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Admissions
Places at special schools are normally arranged through a child's Education, Health and Care Plan, with the local authority naming the school. Speak to your borough's special educational needs team rather than applying on the general admissions form.
Inspection
Ofsted report card, inspected 24 March 2026
Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade. The report card grades each area on a five-point scale.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Insufficient evidence
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Safeguarding standards: Met.
Independent School Standards, checked 24 March 2026: All standards Met
Ofsted graded inspection, 21 May 2024: overall effectiveness at that inspection was Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Source: Ofsted, Management information - non-association independent schools - as at 31 July 2026: most recent inspections data as at 31 July 2026 · most recent inspections as at 2026-07-31 · last checked 9 October 2026
Pupils and context
- Receiving SEN support
- 0%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 0%
- Girls / boys
- 0% / 0%
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census 2024/25
Nearby schools
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