Woodmansterne School[1]

Secondary · All-through · ages 3–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 46 46.0 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL C C 2024/25[3]
KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard: KS2 74% 74% 2024/25[4]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 46 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 48.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 17.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.24 2023/24[5]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[6]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[6]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	49.3[7]	53.8%[7]
2023/24	50.1[5]	57.9%[5]	+0.24[5]
2022/23	48.6[8]	49%[8]	+0.35[8]
2021/22	50[9]	61%[9]	+0.66[9]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 16% 2024/25[3]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24	D[10]	0%[10]

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 74% 2024/25[4]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 12% 2024/25[4]
Reading, average scaled score: 109 2024/25[4]
Maths, average scaled score: 108 2024/25[4]
All results, 2021/22: Not published[11]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[11]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[11]

Earlier years
Year	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)	Reading, average scaled score	Maths, average scaled score
2023/24	79%[12]	15%[12]	109[12]	109[12]
2022/23	64%[13]	6%[13]	106[13]	106[13]
2018/19	84%[14]	21%[14]	108[14]	108[14]
2017/18	64%[15]	8%[15]	104[15]	104[15]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 97% 2022/23[16]
School sixth form: 56% 2022/23[16]
Sixth-form college: 1% 2022/23[16]
Further education college: 38% 2022/23[16]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[16]
Employment: 2% 2022/23[16]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	92%[17]	63%[17]	4%[17]	23%[17]	0%[17]	0%[17]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 24 Sep 2024[18]
Type: S5 Inspection[18]
Report published: 9 Feb 2025[18]
Personal development: Outstanding[18]
Quality of education: Good[18]
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding[18]
Safeguarding is effective?: Yes[18]
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Good[18]
Early years provision (where applicable): Good[18]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[18]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
14 May 2019[19]	S8 No Formal Designation Visit[19]	Good[19]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 15.6 Entry Sept 2026[20]
Applications (any preference): 374 Entry Sept 2026[20]
First preferences: 82 Entry Sept 2026[20]
Places offered: 24 Entry Sept 2026[20]
First preferences per place: 3.4 Entry Sept 2026[20]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	461[20]	94[20]	55[20]	8.4[20]	1.7[20]
Entry Sept 2024	426[20]	104[20]	26[20]	16.4[20]	4.0[20]
Entry Sept 2023	445[20]	113[20]	28[20]	15.9[20]	4.0[20]
Entry Sept 2022	466[20]	129[20]	24[20]	19.4[20]	5.4[20]

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place: 2.9 Entry Sept 2026[20]
Applications (any preference): 257 Entry Sept 2026[20]
First preferences: 99 Entry Sept 2026[20]
Places offered: 90 Entry Sept 2026[20]
First preferences per place: 1.1 Entry Sept 2026[20]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	285[20]	104[20]	89[20]	3.2[20]	1.2[20]
Entry Sept 2024	261[20]	95[20]	89[20]	2.9[20]	1.1[20]
Entry Sept 2023	278[20]	96[20]	90[20]	3.1[20]	1.1[20]
Entry Sept 2022	279[20]	124[20]	90[20]	3.1[20]	1.4[20]

Character & practicalities

Type: Community school[1]
Ages: 3–18[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1842[1]
Local authority: Lambeth[1]
Website: www.woodmansterne.london [1]
District: Lambeth [21]
Postcode: SW16 5UQ[1]
URN: 100590[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 1621 2024/25[22]
English as an additional language: 53.2% 2024/25[22]
SEN support: 7.2% 2024/25[22]
EHC plan: 3.1% 2024/25[22]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 27.4% 2024/25[22]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 30.8%[23]
Mixed: 28.8%[23]
Asian: 19.7%[23]
Black: 12.8%[23]
Any other ethnic group: 5%[23]
Unclassified: 3%[23]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
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