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

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1064 (61% of total capacity)
Boys
58.2%
Girls
41.8%
First language not English
20.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
23%
Persistent absence
29.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 24%
Mixed 21.5%
Other White 10.6%
Caribbean 8.6%
African 8.4%
Indian 8.3%
Pakistani 5.7%
Unclassified 3.9%
Other Asian 3.5%
Other 2.3%
Other Black 1.9%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

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

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Speech & DramaTechnical Award26
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE43
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE42
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE12
BiologyGCSE59
ChemistryGCSE59
Classical CivilisationGCSE51
Design & TechnologyGCSE33
DanceGCSE10
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Coombe Wood School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
168
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
394
2nd preference
377
3rd preference
297
From another Local Authority
48
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
144
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes23.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
176
98
78
Year 8
180
113
67
Year 9
179
94
85
Year 10
186
104
82
Year 11
174
99
75
Year 12
112
75
37
Year 13
57
36
21
Year 2023-2024