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Woodcote High School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Academy

Meadow Rise, Coulsdon CR5 2EH · woodcotehigh.org.uk · 020 8668 6464

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Overview

Ofsted
Remains Good
Ungraded inspection · Jan 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
46.1
average Attainment 8 score. Croydon 44.5, England 46
Last distance offered
2.44 mi
3.92 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Croydon Council
Demand for places
0.7
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,250
97% of 1,283 places
Local authority
Croydon
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
25.2%
First language not English
16.9%
School census 2025/26
Trust
The Collegiate Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 2.44 mi (3.92 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 3.97 mi (6.39 km). Source: Croydon Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 151 families put the school first and 230 places were offered; 91% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

Demand for places

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 195 (Places 240)195September 2023: 185 (Places 234)185September 2024: 186 (Places 232)186September 2025: 142 (Places 234)142September 2026: 151 (Places 230)151Places 230
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262301510.791%
September 2025Sept 20252341420.695%
September 2024Sept 20242321860.890%
September 2023Sept 20232341850.879%
September 2022Sept 20222401950.882%

Last distance offered

Year 7Distance
September 20262.44 mi3.92 km
September 20253.97 mi6.39 km
September 20242.09 mi3.36 km
September 20231.80 mi2.90 km
September 20221.63 mi2.62 km

The furthest distance at which a place was offered under the distance criterion.

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46.1, and 46.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Croydon it was 44.5, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C+ (31.9 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 49.4 (England 46.3)49.42017/18: 48.5 (England 46.5)48.52018/19: 48.5 (England 46.7)48.52021/22: 54.3 (England 48.8)54.32022/23: 48.0 (England 46.3)48.02023/24: 48.6 (England 45.9)48.62024/25: 46.1 (England 46.0)46.1England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●46.146.0
●46.3%45.4%
●66.4%64.8%
●39.3%40.5%
●4.134.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form26−17.1
Sixth form college35.1+8.6
Further education32.7+10
Other education0.5−1.4
Apprenticeship1−1.4
Employment0.50
Not in a lasting destination2.9+0.5
Activity not captured1.4+0.9

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 29.3 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 29.6 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 26.6 (England 32.1)C-2018/19: 28.7 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 35.4 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 30.0 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 29.4 (England 34.4)C2024/25: 31.9 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
69 studentsC+ (31.9)Average -0.01
69 studentsC+ (31.9)Average 0.00
36 studentsDist- (30.4)Above average +0.24
2.3%AAB or better
97.7%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2477C (29.4)-0.19
2022/2366C (30)—
2021/2249B- (35.4)—
2018/1960C (28.7)-0.06
2017/1876C- (26.6)-0.03
2016/1740C (29.6)-0.11
2015/1653C (29.3)+0.22

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University57.1−11.5
Further and other education4.8—
Further education2.4—
Other education2.4—
Apprenticeship2.4+0.4
Employment21.4+3.8
Not in a lasting destination8.3+2.4
Activity not captured6+0.1

Ofsted

At an ungraded inspection on 26 January 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Woodcote High School was: School remains Good.

Outcome
Remains Good
Inspected
25 Jan 2024
Ungraded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2015

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Feb 2022Monitoring visit
    SafeguardingMet

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2018Monitoring visit
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Jan 2015Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
  • Jan 2013Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement

What parents said

70% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (131 replies, to 6 January 2025).

Recommend
70%
Replies
131
10% · 6 Jan 2025
Child is happy at school▼81% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▼77% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼63% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼72% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼76% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼59% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼65% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●89% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▼87% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼65% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼67% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 85% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲55% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 38% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼63% agreeEngland 67%

based on 38 parents (29%) with SEND

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