Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in RedbridgeSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry534 applications · 178 places offered · 338 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 3.0; Redbridge median median 2.9
- 2025 3.1; Redbridge median median 2.7
- 2024 3.1; Redbridge median median 2.8
- 2023 3.6; Redbridge median median 3.0
- 2022 3.1; Redbridge median median 3.1
- 2021 3.7; Redbridge median median 2.9
- 2020 3.2; Redbridge median median 3.2
- 2019 3.8; Redbridge median median 3.1
- 2018 3.3; Redbridge median median 3.0
- 2017 4.5; Redbridge median median 3.0
- 2016 3.0; Redbridge median median 3.1
- 2015 3.3; Redbridge median median 3.2
- 2014 4.1; Redbridge median median 3.6
- This school
- Redbridge median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 178 | 534 | 3.0 | 338 | 1.90 |
| Sep 2025 | 180 | 561 | 3.1 | 357 | 1.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 181 | 563 | 3.1 | 366 | 2.02 |
| Sep 2023 | 174 | 618 | 3.6 | 377 | 2.17 |
| Sep 2022 | 180 | 560 | 3.1 | 330 | 1.83 |
| Sep 2021 | 180 | 660 | 3.7 | 446 | 2.48 |
| Sep 2020 | 188 | 608 | 3.2 | 370 | 1.97 |
| Sep 2019 | 179 | 686 | 3.8 | 348 | 1.94 |
| Sep 2018 | 179 | 592 | 3.3 | 347 | 1.94 |
| Sep 2017 | 180 | 814 | 4.5 | 514 | 2.86 |
| Sep 2016 | 179 | 542 | 3.0 | 288 | 1.61 |
| Sep 2015 | 119 | 393 | 3.3 | 192 | 1.61 |
| Sep 2014 | 109 | 449 | 4.1 | 260 | 2.39 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 179 | 81.2 | 98% | 99% | – |
| 2024/25 | 181 | 80.1 | 99% | 100% | – |
| 2023/24 | 179 | 78.3 | 99% | 100% | +0.79 |
| 2022/23 | 178 | 79.0 | 99% | 100% | +0.82 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Woodford County High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20223.0applications per place 81.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.1 km · RedbridgeGood20232.9applications per place 52.4Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · Waltham ForestGood20243.2applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · RedbridgeOutstanding20233.9applications per place 55.5Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · Waltham ForestRemains Good20244.0applications per place 49.7Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · Waltham Forest20262.2applications per place 42.8Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · Waltham ForestRemains Good20243.3applications per place 44.0Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · Waltham ForestGood20232.2applications per place 48.1Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · Waltham ForestRemains Good20224.2applications per place 52.9Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 102852 · 317/4025
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,260 pupils · 1,237 on roll
- Free school meals
- 15.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- High Road, Woodford Green, IG8 9LA
- Local authority
- Redbridge
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources