Willowfield School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 6 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Waltham Forest
Unique reference
103100
Address
209 Blackhorse Road, Walthamstow, E17 6ND

Pupils

Number of Pupils
939 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
60.1%
Girls
39.9%
First language not English
34.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
27.4%
Persistent absence
25.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.5%
Pupil ethnicities
Other White 23.7%
Pakistani 17.5%
White British 16.7%
Mixed 10.1%
African 9.3%
Caribbean 5.6%
Other Asian 5%
Other 4.2%
Other Black 2.1%
Unclassified 1.7%
Indian 1.2%
Chinese 1.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.6%
Irish 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Capacity %, Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.25
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.06
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 32%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 51%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.7
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.05
Local authority average 3.98
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award19
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)12
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE1
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE24
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE7
Art & DesignGCSE21
BiologyGCSE12
ChemistryGCSE9
ChineseGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Willowfield School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
198
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
178
2nd preference
136
3rd preference
90
From another Local Authority
15
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
153
2nd preference
34
3rd preference
9
To another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.2
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
209
126
83
Year 8
204
122
82
Year 9
173
100
73
Year 10
179
105
74
Year 11
174
111
63
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
92.7%
86.5%
Further education
28.0%
25.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
19.0%
39.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
43.0%
27.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
4.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022
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