Willowfield School

Type Secondary / Community school
Age Range 11-16
Religion Does not apply
Address 209 Blackhorse Road
Walthamstow
London
E17 6ND
Phone 02085274065
Reference Number 103100

General Makeup

Number of pupils 973
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 61.36%
Girls: 38.64%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 28.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 30%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.6

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 143 67 210
8 129 79 208
9 119 84 203
10 102 74 176
11 104 72 176

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, Other 23.2%
White, British 17.1%
Pakistani 15.7%
African 8.9%
Caribbean 6.4%
Asian, Other 5.4%
Mixed, Other 3.6%
White & Black (Caribbean) 3%
White & Black (African) 2.2%
Unclassified 1.8%
White & Asian 1.7%
Chinese 1.2%
Indian 1.2%
Irish 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2021-11-30
Date Description Report
2021-10-05 School inspection School inspection
2020-11-17 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2016-06-22 Short inspection Short inspection
2012-01-11 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-06-30 Interim assessment Interim assessment
2009-06-10 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2007-06-06 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2001-04-30 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 53% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 63.7% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 180 41
Third Preference 94 4
From another Local Authority 19 1

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

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