Funds are enhanced by successful registration or selection for pupil premiums and grants restricted to central and local government-funded schools.

[6] Relatively, Woolmer Hill School is approximately smaller of the size of the average secondary education-specialising academy.

The proportion who are eligible for support from the pupil premium (additional government funding) is below average.

[4] The school's leadership has additional autonomy by virtue of academy status since 17 August 2011.

The Ofsted inspection of December 2014 gave the school an overall Grade 2, Good, on the four-point scale One of the main Ofsted reporters on site called Paul Goodwin said it was "a very exciting place to work and learn”[4]