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Woodford County High School[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 81 81.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B+ B+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
81.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
97.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
87.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.79 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 80.1[6] 98.9%[6]
2023/24 78.3[4] 99.4%[4] +0.79[4]
2022/23 79[7] 99%[7] +0.82[7]
2021/22 82.2[8] 99%[8] +0.99[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
37.2% 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 B+[10] 38.2%[10]
2022/23 B+[11] 34.5%[11]
2021/22 B+[12] 45.3%[12]
2018/19 B[13] 37%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
100% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
96% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
2% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
2% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
0% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 99%[15] 97%[15] 0%[15] 1%[15] 0%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 99%[16] 93%[16] 0%[16] 1%[16] 0%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 100%[17] 96%[17] 0%[17] 2%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 100%[18] 97%[18] 1%[18] 0%[18] 0%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
85% 2022/23[19]
Education
72% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
6% 2022/23[19]
Employment
8% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 87%[20] 75%[20] 3%[20] 9%[20]
2020/21 91%[21] 78%[21] 1%[21] 12%[21]
2019/20 84%[22] 79%[22] 1%[22] 4%[22]
2018/19 92%[23] 85%[23] 1%[23] 6%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
89% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
51% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
58% 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 91%[26] 60%[26]
2019/20 95%[25] 65%[25] 58%[25] 5%[25]
2018/19 93%[27] 52%[27] 48%[27] 5%[27]
2017/18 96%[28] 61%[28] 55%[28] 5%[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
22 Nov 2022[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
7 Feb 2023[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Outstanding[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.0 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
534 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
338 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
178 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
1.9 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 561[30] 357[30] 180[30] 3.1[30] 2.0[30]
Entry Sept 2024 563[30] 366[30] 181[30] 3.1[30] 2.0[30]
Entry Sept 2023 618[30] 377[30] 174[30] 3.6[30] 2.2[30]
Entry Sept 2022 560[30] 330[30] 180[30] 3.1[30] 1.8[30]

Admissions

Catchment, as the policy words it, 11+ entry
Common Catchment Area 2026-10-14[31]
Places beyond the catchment
no places are ever awarded out of the catchment area 2026-10-14[31]
Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
180 2026-10-14[31]
Entrance test, 11+ entry
11+ selection test 2026-10-14[31]
Entrance test date, 11+ entry
18 Sep 2026 Entry Sept 2027[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Admissions
Selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1260[1]
Local authority
Redbridge[1]
Website
http://www.woodford.redbridge.sch.uk/[1]
District
Waltham Forest[32]
Postcode
IG8 9LA[1]
URN
102852[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1245 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
68% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
3% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
0.2% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
12.4% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
7.9%[34]
Mixed
4.4%[34]
Asian
80.8%[34]
Black
2.8%[34]
Any other ethnic group
1.2%[34]
Unclassified
2.7%[34]

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
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  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  6. 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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  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  31. woodford.redbridge.sch.uk: woodford.redbridge.sch.uk document. Period 2026-10-14. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (5)
    Student living in the Common Catchment Area have priority in the allocation of places. (p. 1)
    In practice, no places are ever awarded out of the catchment area. (p. 1)
    There are 180 places available for Y7 students. (p. 1)
    places are allocated using the results of an 11+ selection test taken by pupils. (p. 1)
    The test will take place on Friday the 18th September 2026. (p. 1)
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