Woodbridge High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Feb 8 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Redbridge
Unique reference
102854
Address
St Barnabas Road, IG8 7DQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1927 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
51.0%
Girls
49.0%
First language not English
20.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.8%
Persistent absence
10.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 33.1%
Other White 18.5%
Mixed 13.6%
Pakistani 6.4%
African 5.7%
Indian 5.1%
Bangladeshi 4.5%
Other Asian 3.1%
Caribbean 2.8%
Other 2.5%
Other Black 1.8%
Chinese 1.6%
Unclassified 1.2%
Irish 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.25
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.5
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 64%
Local authority average 51%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 62%
Local authority average 64%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.1
Local authority average 54.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.8
Local authority average 4.92
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE61
BiologyGCSE56
Business Studies:SingleGCSE81
ChemistryGCSE56
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE64
Design & TechnologyGCSE35
English LanguageGCSE295
English LiteratureGCSE295
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Woodbridge High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
291
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
378
2nd preference
315
3rd preference
183
From another Local Authority
253
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
260
2nd preference
26
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
298
156
142
Year 8
295
159
136
Year 9
299
149
150
Year 10
297
143
154
Year 11
296
135
161
Year 12
264
149
115
Year 13
178
92
86
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
94.5%
86.5%
Further education
18.0%
16.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
67.0%
73.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
5.0%
3.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
1.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
2.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.2%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
80.0%
86.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
28.0%
32.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
24.0%
29.5%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
0.6%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020