Coombe Wood School

General Info

Education Phase: Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating: Good Jan 18 2023 Ofsted report
Gender: Mixed
Age range: 11 - 18 y.o.
Type: Free Schools
Funding: State-funded secondary
Admissions policy: Not available
Religious Character: None
Sixth Form: Has a sixth form
Local authority: Croydon
Unique reference: 145875
Address: 30 Melville Avenue, CR2 7HY
Website: www.cws-croydon.co.uk

Pupils

Number of Pupils: 1021 (61% of total capacity)
Boys: 59.9%
Girls: 40.1%
First language not English: 18.2%
Free school meals (FSM): 24.3%
Persistent absence: 29.2%
Special education needs (SEN): 12.1%

Pupil ethnicities

White British 22.6%

Mixed 20.4%

Other White 11.9%

Caribbean 9%

Indian 7.9%

African 7.8%

Unclassified 6.8%

Pakistani 5.3%

Other Asian 3.2%

Other 2.3%

Other Black 1.5%

Bangladeshi 0.7%

Chinese 0.3%

Irish 0.2%

Gypsy/Roma 0.1%

Capacity %, Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school: 0.4
Local authority average, state-funded schools: 0.01
England average, state-funded schools: -0.03

Entering EBacc

School 52%

Local authority average 48%

England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 53%

Local authority average 45%

England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.1

Local authority average 45.7

England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.56

Local authority average 4.06

England average 4.05

Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

Subject	Qualification	Number of entries
Dance: General	Technical Award	7
Speech & Drama	Technical Award	12
Art & Design (Graphics)	GCSE	32
Art & Design	GCSE	33
Art & Design (Textiles)	GCSE	18
Biology	GCSE	71
Chemistry	GCSE	71
Classical Civilisation	GCSE	25
Design & Technology	GCSE	31
English Language	GCSE	178

Year 2022-2023

Admissions