Woodlands School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 11 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
Essex
Unique reference
141214
Address
Woodlands Approach, Woodlands School, SS16 5BA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1494 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
53.5%
Girls
46.5%
First language not English
10%
Free school meals (FSM)
30%
Persistent absence
24.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 73.9%
Other White 7.4%
Mixed 5.9%
African 4.3%
Indian 2.1%
Other 1.7%
Unclassified 1.6%
Other Black 1.3%
Other Asian 0.7%
Pakistani 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
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
-0.48
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 58%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.71
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award1
Health StudiesTechnical Award30
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE59
BiologyGCSE40
Business Studies:SingleGCSE50
ChemistryGCSE39
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE12
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE49
English LanguageGCSE295
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Woodlands School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
298
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
431
2nd preference
271
3rd preference
159
From another Local Authority
31
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
257
2nd preference
26
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
4
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 classes22.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
300
160
140
Year 8
298
161
137
Year 9
297
168
129
Year 10
300
164
136
Year 11
299
146
153
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
78.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
68.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
9.0%
38.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
SP
10.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
5.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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