Woodcote High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 20 2018 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Croydon
Unique reference
138187
Address
Meadow Rise, CR5 2EH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1276 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
51.2%
Girls
48.8%
First language not English
10.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
21.3%
Persistent absence
27.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 46.4%
Mixed 15.3%
Other White 6.6%
Caribbean 6.1%
African 6%
Indian 5.4%
Other Asian 4.9%
Pakistani 3%
Unclassified 2.1%
Other 2%
Other Black 1.6%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.22
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 38%
Local authority average 48%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 48
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.32
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award12
Music Studies (General)Technical Award3
TourismTechnical Award15
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award5
Health StudiesTechnical Award22
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE25
BiologyGCSE48
Business Studies:SingleGCSE56
ChemistryGCSE48
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Woodcote High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
234
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
185
2nd preference
237
3rd preference
221
From another Local Authority
364
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
146
2nd preference
57
3rd preference
18
To another Local Authority
64
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 classes22.6
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
235
116
119
Year 8
229
112
117
Year 9
231
124
107
Year 10
216
110
106
Year 11
205
113
92
Year 12
87
37
50
Year 13
73
41
32
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
91.9%
86.5%
Further education
26.0%
29.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
35.0%
53.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
29.0%
8.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
1.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
SP
1.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
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
76.0%
70.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
15.0%
14.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
9.0%
11.2%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.1%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
0.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020
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