Wood Green Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 26 2020 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Sandwell
Unique reference
136616
Address
Wood Green Road, WS10 9QU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1530 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
53.4%
Girls
46.6%
First language not English
28.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.5%
Persistent absence
23.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 45.2%
Bangladeshi 16.6%
Pakistani 9.4%
Indian 8.3%
Mixed 7.1%
Other Asian 2.8%
African 2.6%
Other White 2%
Caribbean 1.8%
Other 1.6%
Other Black 1.3%
Unclassified 0.8%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.1
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.07
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 17%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 46%
Local authority average 35%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.1
Local authority average 42.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.89
Local authority average 3.57
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award1
TourismTechnical Award1
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award36
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award19
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award1
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award16
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE72
BiologyGCSE27
Business Studies:SingleGCSE70
ChemistryGCSE27
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Wood Green Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
254
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
298
2nd preference
190
3rd preference
106
From another Local Authority
253
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
238
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
49
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 classes19.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
255
141
114
Year 8
261
136
125
Year 9
260
148
112
Year 10
258
144
114
Year 11
258
145
113
Year 12
122
51
71
Year 13
116
52
64
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
39.0%
52.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
47.0%
27.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
5.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
2.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
7.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.7%
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
88.0%
67.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
24.0%
11.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
23.0%
10.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.6%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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