Woodford County High School

Woodford County High School demonstrates strong overall performance, having maintained a good level of effectiveness since its last outstanding inspection 13 years ago. The school has a dedicated leadership team that prioritizes high educational standards, ensuring that pupils flourish both academically and personally. Students are polite and respectful, exhibiting high aspirations and receiving adequate university guidance, preparing them well for future endeavors. However, attendance issues for a small minority of pupils highlight a need for more systematic action from leaders to resolve concerns in this area.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well and secure places at renowned universities.
• Leaders maintain high expectations for pupils' behavior and academic performance.
• Teachers exhibit deep subject knowledge and engage students effectively.
• The school offers an ambitious curriculum that reflects diversity.
• Pupils have access to a broad range of extracurricular activities.
• Leadership prioritizes professional development for staff.

Areas for Improvement

• Leaders' actions to address poor attendance for a small minority of pupils are insufficiently systematic.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Woodford County High School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 10.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.6% of pupils at Woodford County High School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Woodford County High School had 18.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 3.6% of pupils at Woodford County High School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 0.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Woodford County High School received £7,630 and spent £7,808 for each of its 1,237 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £211,000 (£171 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Woodford County High School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Woodford County High School is Good, from an inspection in February 2023.

When was Woodford County High School last inspected by Ofsted?

Woodford County High School was last inspected in February 2023.

How many pupils does Woodford County High School have?

Woodford County High School has 1,237 pupils on roll.

What age range does Woodford County High School cover?

Woodford County High School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Woodford County High School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 81.2, and 98% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Woodford County High School?

Woodford County High School is at High Road, Woodford Green, Essex, IG8 9LA.