Graded inspection · Feb 2023 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 7 February 2023Graded inspection: Outstanding
- 18 November 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
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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 entry1,127 applications · 288 places offered · 395 named it first
- 2026 3.9; Redbridge median median 2.9
- 2025 3.7; Redbridge median median 2.7
- 2024 3.7; Redbridge median median 2.8
- 2023 3.0; Redbridge median median 3.0
- 2022 3.1; Redbridge median median 3.1
- 2021 3.1; Redbridge median median 2.9
- 2020 3.1; Redbridge median median 3.2
- 2019 3.1; Redbridge median median 3.1
- 2018 2.4; Redbridge median median 3.0
- 2017 2.5; Redbridge median median 3.0
- 2016 2.4; Redbridge median median 3.1
- 2015 2.4; Redbridge median median 3.2
- 2014 2.4; Redbridge median median 3.6
- This school
- Redbridge median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
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 | 288 | 1,127 | 3.9 | 395 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2025 | 291 | 1,081 | 3.7 | 397 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2024 | 291 | 1,084 | 3.7 | 378 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2023 | 291 | 879 | 3.0 | 324 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2022 | 290 | 911 | 3.1 | 323 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2021 | 285 | 877 | 3.1 | 286 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 291 | 906 | 3.1 | 291 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 299 | 931 | 3.1 | 296 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2018 | 332 | 796 | 2.4 | 234 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2017 | 286 | 707 | 2.5 | 228 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2016 | 296 | 719 | 2.4 | 226 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2015 | 296 | 709 | 2.4 | 225 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2014 | 253 | 595 | 2.4 | 184 | 0.73 |
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.) | 294 | 55.5 | 68% | 78% | – |
| 2024/25 | 295 | 52.2 | 58% | 75% | – |
| 2023/24 | 294 | 54.5 | 66% | 81% | +0.38 |
| 2022/23 | 296 | 51.1 | 62% | 75% | +0.25 |
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
- Woodbridge High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20233.9applications per place 55.5Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · RedbridgeGood20223.0applications per place 81.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.9 km · RedbridgeGood20232.9applications per place 52.4Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · Redbridge20262.7applications per place 54.8Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · RedbridgeGood20222.1applications per place 44.2Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · Waltham ForestGood20243.2applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · EssexRemains Good20233.2applications per place 51.0Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · Waltham ForestRemains Good20244.0applications per place 49.7Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · RedbridgeStandards maintained20253.3applications per place 56.9Attainment 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
- 102854 · 317/4029
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 2,000 pupils · 1,980 on roll
- Free school meals
- 22.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- St Barnabas Road, Woodford Green, IG8 7DQ
- Local authority
- Redbridge
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources