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
973 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
61.4%
Girls
38.6%
First language not English
30%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.5%
Persistent absence
25.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.6%
Pupil ethnicities
Other White 23.2%
White British 17.1%
Pakistani 15.7%
Mixed 10.5%
African 8.9%
Caribbean 6.4%
Other Asian 5.4%
Other 4.5%
Other Black 2.3%
Unclassified 1.8%
Indian 1.2%
Chinese 1.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Irish 0.3%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.24
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 Award27
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)13
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE27
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE22
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE22
AstronomyGCSE23
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE78
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE23
English LanguageGCSE167
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Willowfield School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
197
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
164
2nd preference
180
3rd preference
94
From another Local Authority
19
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
149
2nd preference
41
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes25.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
210
143
67
Year 8
208
129
79
Year 9
203
119
84
Year 10
176
102
74
Year 11
176
104
72
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
91.4%
85.6%
Further education
29.0%
22.6%
35.4%
School sixth form
24.0%
39.1%
36.6%
Sixth form college
34.0%
29.4%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.5%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
5.0%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.9%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023