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Burntwood School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 50 50.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
50.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
53.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
18.9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.34 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 49.4[6] 49.4%[6]
2023/24 49.4[4] 51.4%[4] +0.34[4]
2022/23 51[7] 54%[7] +0.30[7]
2021/22 55.1[8] 59%[8] +0.37[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
5.4% 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] 5.4%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 4.7%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 6.8%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 6%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
66% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
8% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
19% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 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 96%[15] 72%[15] 6%[15] 13%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 96%[16] 76%[16] 7%[16] 11%[16] 1%[16] 0%[16]
2019/20 95%[17] 77%[17] 3%[17] 13%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 95%[18] 69%[18] 1%[18] 23%[18] 0%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
84% 2022/23[19]
Education
62% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[19]
Employment
17% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 85%[20] 68%[20] 1%[20] 16%[20]
2020/21 91%[21] 79%[21] 1%[21] 10%[21]
2019/20 87%[22] 80%[22] 2%[22] 5%[22]
2018/19 87%[23] 77%[23] 3%[23] 7%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
80% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
16% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
19% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 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 88%[26] 20%[26]
2019/20 87%[25] 23%[25] 19%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 86%[27] 17%[27] 15%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 88%[28] 15%[28] 12%[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
11 Feb 2025[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
17 Mar 2025[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Improved significantly[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
29 Jan 2020[30] Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]
Date not published[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] Good[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.3 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
580 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
101 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
254 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.4 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 650[32] 134[32] 265[32] 2.5[32] 0.5[32]
Entry Sept 2024 540[32] 120[32] 241[32] 2.2[32] 0.5[32]
Entry Sept 2023 646[32] 141[32] 269[32] 2.4[32] 0.5[32]
Entry Sept 2022 604[32] 121[32] 254[32] 2.4[32] 0.5[32]

Furthest distance offered (standardised test core)

By entry year
EntryFurthest distance
Entry Sept 2026 3204 metres[33]
Entry Sept 2025 3220 metres[34]

Furthest distance offered (proximity)

By entry year
EntryFurthest distance
Entry Sept 2026 3204 metres[35]
Entry Sept 2025 3220 metres[35]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1965[1]
Trust
BURNTWOOD TRUST[1]
Local authority
Wandsworth[1]
Website
http://www.burntwoodschool.com/[1]
District
Wandsworth[36]
Postcode
SW17 0AQ[1]
URN
139842[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1472 2024/25[37]
English as an additional language
64.7% 2024/25[37]
SEN support
14.1% 2024/25[37]
EHC plan
2.1% 2024/25[37]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
37% 2024/25[37]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
17.8%[38]
Mixed
16%[38]
Asian
29.5%[38]
Black
25.4%[38]
Any other ethnic group
9.5%[38]
Unclassified
1.8%[38]

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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  33. wandsworth.gov.uk: wandsworth.gov.uk — How school places were offered for secondary schools 2026 (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    BURNTWOOD SCHOOL (DFE no 212 5401) Selective (Ability) Places Offered: 60 (all those scoring standardised test core of 210 or above, and those scoring 209 living up to a distance of 3204 metres from the school, offered a place) Non-selective (Open) Places: All applicants offered a place or a higher preference under coordinated admission arrangements. (p. 1)
  34. wandsworth.gov.uk: wandsworth.gov.uk — How school places were offered for secondary schools 2025 (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    BURNTWOOD SCHOOL (DFE no 212 5401) Selective (Ability) Places Offered: 60 (all those scoring standardised test core of 210 or above, and those scoring 209 living up to a distance of 3220 metres from the school, offered a place) Non-selective (Open) Places: All applicants offered a place or a higher preference under coordinated admission arrangements. (p. 1)
  35. wandsworth.gov.uk: wandsworth.gov.uk — Previous years admissions for wandsworth secondary schools (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    On 2 March, all those scoring standardised test core of 210 or above, and those scoring 209 living up to a distance of 3204 metres from the school, offered a place. (p. 5)
    On 3 March, all those scoring standardised test core of 210 or above, and those scoring 209 living up to a distance of 3220 metres from the school, offered a place. (p. 5)
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