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Wanstead High School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 57 56.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
56.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
67.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
29.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.28 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 54.1[6] 61.1%[6]
2023/24 54.9[4] 65.1%[4] +0.28[4]
2022/23 56.4[7] 71%[7] +0.25[7]
2021/22 56[8] 69%[8] +0.31[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
14.1% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C+[10] 10.3%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 10.7%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 22.5%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 7.3%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
57% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
13% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
23% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 2020/21[15]
Employment
1% 2021/22[16]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 97%[16] 66%[16] 12%[16] 16%[16] 1%[16]
2020/21 93%[15] 57%[15] 12%[15] 20%[15] 2%[15]
2019/20 96%[17] 58%[17] 10%[17] 27%[17]
2018/19 97%[18] 56%[18] 18%[18] 19%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
83% 2022/23[19]
Education
66% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[19]
Employment
14% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 90%[20] 78%[20] 3%[20] 8%[20]
2020/21 92%[21] 76%[21] 1%[21] 15%[21]
2019/20 78%[22] 72%[22] 1%[22] 5%[22]
2018/19 91%[23] 73%[23] 5%[23] 13%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
87% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
36% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
39% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
5% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 84%[26] 40%[26]
2019/20 80%[25] 39%[25] 39%[25] 5%[25]
2018/19 85%[27] 23%[27] 20%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 79%[28] 22%[28] 20%[28] 1%[28]

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
13 May 2025[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
29 Jun 2025[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Standards maintained[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
8 Jan 2019[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]
Date not published[31] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[31] Good[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.3 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
765 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
228 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
232 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 779[32] 231[32] 233[32] 3.3[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2024 845[32] 266[32] 232[32] 3.6[32] 1.1[32]
Entry Sept 2023 878[32] 259[32] 234[32] 3.8[32] 1.1[32]
Entry Sept 2022 785[32] 202[32] 235[32] 3.3[32] 0.9[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1500[1]
Local authority
Redbridge[1]
Website
www.wansteadhigh.co.uk[1]
District
Redbridge[33]
Postcode
E11 2JZ[1]
URN
102851[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1434 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
21.4% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
15.3% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
3.2% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
18.1% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
51.9%[35]
Mixed
12.7%[35]
Asian
25.8%[35]
Black
6.3%[35]
Any other ethnic group
2.3%[35]
Unclassified
1%[35]

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

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    Quote
    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.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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