Woolmer Hill School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 25 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Surrey
Unique reference
137314
Address
Woolmer Hill, Woolmer Hill Road, GU27 1QB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
888 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
47.3%
Girls
52.7%
First language not English
5.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
11.8%
Persistent absence
21.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86.8%
Other White 4.6%
Mixed 4.5%
Pakistani 1.1%
Other 0.8%
Indian 0.6%
African 0.5%
Other Asian 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.46
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 28%
Local authority average 39%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 50%
Local authority average 54%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.6
Local authority average 50.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.58
Local authority average 4.49
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award9
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award1
Speech & DramaTechnical Award21
Art & DesignGCSE55
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE17
BiologyGCSE60
ChemistryGCSE60
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE30
DanceGCSE1
EconomicsGCSE31
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Woolmer Hill School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
192
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
195
2nd preference
197
3rd preference
71
From another Local Authority
131
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
182
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
44
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 classes26.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
186
95
91
Year 8
182
87
95
Year 9
176
86
90
Year 10
178
73
105
Year 11
166
79
87
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
89.1%
85.6%
Further education
33.0%
25.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
3.0%
30.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
49.0%
32.5%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
3.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
2.3%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
3.7%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.7%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023