Woodlands School

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-16
Religion Does not apply
Address Woodlands Approach
Woodlands School
Basildon
Essex
SS16 5BA
Phone 01268282146
Reference Number 141214

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1494
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.48%
Girls: 46.52%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 30%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 10%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.7

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 160 140 300
8 161 137 298
9 168 129 297
10 164 136 300
11 146 153 299

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 73.9%
White, Other 7.4%
African 4.3%
Indian 2.1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2%
White & Black (African) 1.7%
Mixed, Other 1.7%
Unclassified 1.6%
Asian, Other 0.7%
White & Asian 0.5%
Caribbean 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2023-11-17
Date Description Report
2023-10-10 School inspection School inspection
2022-10-18 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2018-03-07 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)
43.6 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 41.8% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 54.5% 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 271 26
Third Preference 159 6
From another Local Authority 31 4

Previous Years

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Name Distance
Kingswood Primary School and Nursery
Clay Hill Road, Basildon, Essex, SS16 5DE
0.33 miles
Lee Chapel Primary School
The Knares, Basildon, Essex, SS16 5RU
0.48 miles
St Anne Line Catholic Junior School
Wickhay, Basildon, Essex, SS15 5AF
0.6 miles
St Anne Line Catholic Infant School
Wickhay, Basildon, Essex, SS15 5AF
0.6 miles
Ghyllgrove Primary School
The Gore, Basildon, Essex, SS14 2BG
0.71 miles
Cherry Tree Primary School
Church Road, Basildon, Essex, SS16 4AG
0.84 miles
Fairhouse Community Primary School
Long Riding, Basildon, Essex, SS14 1QP
0.91 miles
Vange Primary School and Nursery
London Road, Vange, Basildon, Essex, SS16 4QA
0.99 miles
Janet Duke Primary School
Markhams Chase, Laindon, Basildon, Essex, SS15 5LS
1 miles
The Willows Primary School
Church Road, Basildon, Essex, SS14 2EX
1.21 miles
Bardfield Academy
Clay Hill Road, Vange, Basildon, Essex, SS16 4NL
1.29 miles
The Phoenix Primary School
Leinster Road, Laindon, Basildon, Essex, SS15 5NQ
1.32 miles
Laindon Park Primary School & Nursery
Church Hill, Laindon, Basildon, Essex, SS15 5SE
1.35 miles
Ryedene Primary and Nursery School
Ryedene, Off Clover Way, Vange, Basildon, Essex, SS16 4SY
1.47 miles
Greensted Primary School & Nursery
Kirby Road, Basildon, Essex, SS14 1RX
1.52 miles
Noak Bridge Primary School
Coppice Lane, Basildon, Essex, SS15 4JS
1.57 miles
Lincewood Primary Academy
Berry Lane, Langdon Hills, Basildon, Essex, SS16 6AZ
1.62 miles
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Basildon
Elsenham Crescent, Basildon, Essex, SS14 1UE
1.66 miles
Whitmore Primary School and Nursery
Whitmore Way, Basildon, Essex, SS14 2TP
1.69 miles
Millhouse Primary School
Tavistock Road, Laindon, Basildon, Essex, SS15 5QF
1.71 miles
Name Distance
The Pioneer School
Ghyllgrove, Basildon, Essex, SS14 2LA
1.08 miles
De La Salle School
Ghyllgrove, Basildon, Essex, SS14 2LA
1.11 miles
The James Hornsby School
Leinster Road, Laindon, Basildon, Essex, SS15 5NX
1.34 miles
The Basildon Lower Academy
Timberlog Close, Timberlog Lane, Basildon, Essex, SS14 1UX
1.54 miles
The Basildon Upper Academy
Wickford Avenue, Pitsea, Basildon, Essex, SS13 3HL
2.1 miles
Ortu Gable Hall School
Southend Road, Corringham, Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, SS17 8JT
2.2 miles
Ortu Hassenbrook Academy
Hassenbrook Road, Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, SS17 0NS
3.38 miles
Castledon School
Bromfords Drive, Wickford, Essex, SS12 0PW
3.44 miles
The Bromfords School
Grange Avenue, Wickford, Essex, SS12 0LZ
3.56 miles
Glenwood School
Rushbottom Lane, New Thundersley, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 4LW
3.99 miles
The Billericay School
School Road, Billericay, Essex, CM12 9LH
4.01 miles
St Clere's School
Butts Lane, Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, SS17 0NW
4.07 miles
The Appleton School
Croft Road, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 5RN
4.16 miles
Ramsden Hall Academy
Heath Road, Ramsden Heath, Billericay, Essex, CM11 1HN
4.6 miles
St John's School
4.91 miles
Beauchamps High School
Beauchamps Drive, Wickford, Essex, SS11 8LY
4.96 miles
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