She competed at the highest level of her sport, representing England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and Great Britain in the IPC Athletic World Championships and the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

[1] In 2017, she handed back one of her silver medals, stating that the inclusion of one of her teammates was "giving us an unfair advantage" [2] She was conferred as an Honorary Senior Fellow of Regent's University London on 9 July 2015.

Woodward, who has cerebral palsy became interested in athletics after competing in a school sports day at the age of eleven.

[4] In 2011, Woodward was selected for the Great Britain team to compete in the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand, entering the T37 200m and 400m races.

Woodward switched to long jump to compete for England at the Commonwealth Games and won silver with a new personal best of 4.00m.