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Wood Green School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 44 43.6 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
43.6 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
44.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
11% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.38 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 46.2[6] 47.9%[6]
2023/24 42.3[4] 42.7%[4] -0.38[4]
2022/23 49.1[7] 53%[7] +0.11[7]
2021/22 42.6[8] 39%[8] -0.55[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
10.9% 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] 15.9%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 14.6%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 15.1%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 17.6%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
49% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2021/22[15]
Further education college
39% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 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 92%[15] 35%[15] 1%[15] 45%[15] 6%[15] 4%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 48%[16] 0%[16] 39%[16] 3%[16] 6%[16]
2019/20 93%[17] 54%[17] 0%[17] 32%[17] 2%[17] 3%[17]
2018/19 97%[18] 46%[18] 0%[18] 43%[18] 5%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[19]
Education
55% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[19]
Employment
32% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 94%[20] 59%[20] 4%[20] 31%[20]
2020/21 90%[21] 62%[21] 5%[21] 23%[21]
2019/20 93%[22] 72%[22] 2%[22] 19%[22]
2018/19 90%[23] 65%[23] 6%[23] 19%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
74% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
29% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
41% 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 81%[26] 24%[26]
2019/20 86%[25] 49%[25] 41%[25] 5%[25]
2018/19 73%[27] 25%[27] 23%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 70%[28] 17%[28] 19%[28] 0%[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
8 Oct 2024[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
20 Nov 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Standards maintained[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
12 Mar 2019[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.7 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
368 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
217 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
218 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 369[31] 214[31] 222[31] 1.7[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2024 446[31] 223[31] 231[31] 1.9[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2023 466[31] 252[31] 228[31] 2.0[31] 1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2022 327[31] 187[31] 203[31] 1.6[31] 0.9[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1335[1]
Trust
ACER TRUST[1]
Local authority
Oxfordshire[1]
Website
http://wgswitney.org.uk/[1]
District
West Oxfordshire[32]
Postcode
OX28 1DX[1]
URN
144008[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1329 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
7.1% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
14.5% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
3.7% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
15.2% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
89%[34]
Mixed
4.9%[34]
Asian
3.1%[34]
Black
1.7%[34]
Any other ethnic group
0.5%[34]
Unclassified
0.7%[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

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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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