England · Grammar school
Woodford County High School
Woodford Green · Girls only · ages 11 to 18
Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 102852)
Overview
- Address
- High Road, Woodford Green, Essex, IG8 9LA
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Girls only
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Number of pupils
- 1,237
- Capacity
- 1,260
- Eligible for free school meals
- 15.2%
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School type
- Community school
- Religious character
- Not yet available
- Trust
- Not yet available
- Local authority
- Redbridge
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Desk research (cited public sources) (parentview.ofsted.gov.uk), last checked 31 October 2026
Admissions and the 11+
- Admissions policy
- Selective (grammar school)
- Selection in this area
- Partially selective area11% of Year 7 places offered in Redbridge for September 2026 were at selective schools (DfE applications and offers). We class an area as fully selective at 25% or more. Confirm with the local authority's admissions guide.
- Entrance test
- Not yet available
- Qualifying score
- minimum threshold 104 (2027 entry per tutoring site; 2024 council email via forum) (2027 entry)
- Catchment area
- Redbridge common catchment area
- Children from outside the catchment
- No: Tutoring source: no child from outside the common catchment area has ever been offered a place
Past offers: lowest score and furthest distance
| Intake | Applicant group | Lowest score offered | Last distance offered | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | inside common catchment areaScore of the last on-time applicant from the common catchment area offered a place on national offer day (Redbridge Council). Later waiting-list offers may go lower. | 110.62 | – | redbridge.gov.uk |
| Sept 2025 | inside common catchment areaScore of the last on-time applicant from the common catchment area offered a place on national offer day (Redbridge Council). Later waiting-list offers may go lower. | 110.63 | – | redbridge.gov.uk |
| Sept 2024 | inside common catchment areaScore of the last on-time applicant from the common catchment area offered a place on national offer day (Redbridge Council). Later waiting-list offers may go lower. | 112.47 | – | redbridge.gov.uk |
| Sept 2023 | inside common catchment areaScore of the last on-time applicant from the common catchment area offered a place on national offer day (Redbridge Council). Later waiting-list offers may go lower. | 112.29 | – | redbridge.gov.uk |
| Sept 2022 | inside common catchment areaScore of the last on-time applicant from the common catchment area offered a place on national offer day (Redbridge Council). Later waiting-list offers may go lower. | 110.07 | – | redbridge.gov.uk |
| Sept 2021 | inside common catchment areaScore of the last on-time applicant from the common catchment area offered a place on national offer day (Redbridge Council). Later waiting-list offers may go lower. | 109.28 | – | redbridge.gov.uk |
From published allocation data found in desk research (checked 1 November 2026); not yet confirmed with the school. Scores from different tests or years are not comparable, and a past cut-off does not guarantee a future place.
Applications and offers for Year 7
For September 2026 entry, 534 applicants named this school (338 as their first choice) for 178 places. 42 of 178 offers went to children living outside Redbridge.
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Redbridge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | 178 | 534 | 338 | 1.9 | 42 |
| Sept 2025 | 180 | 561 | 357 | 2.0 | 42 |
| Sept 2024 | 181 | 563 | 366 | 2.0 | 44 |
| Sept 2023 | 174 | 618 | 377 | 2.2 | 25 |
| Sept 2022 | 180 | 560 | 330 | 1.8 | 39 |
Show all 13 years
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Redbridge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2021 | 180 | 660 | 446 | 2.5 | 39 |
| Sept 2020 | 188 | 608 | 370 | 2.0 | 37 |
| Sept 2019 | 179 | 686 | 348 | 1.9 | 45 |
| Sept 2018 | 179 | 592 | 347 | 1.9 | 41 |
| Sept 2017 | 180 | 814 | 514 | 2.9 | 52 |
| Sept 2016 | 179 | 542 | 288 | 1.6 | 50 |
| Sept 2015 | 119 | 393 | 192 | 1.6 | 24 |
| Sept 2014 | 109 | 449 | 260 | 2.4 | 7 |
"Applicants" counts every family that listed the school as any preference, so it is higher than the number competing for each place. "Outside Redbridge" means a home in another local authority; it is not the school's catchment area. For grammar schools, offers also depend on the entrance test result.
Source: Secondary and primary school applications and offers (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Admissions research (cited public sources) (leadingtuition.co.uk), last checked 1 November 2026
Key dates
- Test registration
- Not yet available
- Test date
- Not yet available
- Results sent to families
- Not yet available
- Apply to your council (September 2027 entry)
- By 31 October 2026This date has passed: late applications go to your council and are usually considered after on-time ones.
- National offer day
- 1 March 2027Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day.
- Open days
- Not yet available
- School opened (current registration)
- Not yet available
Statutory dates: School Admissions Code (Department for Education).
Source: not yet available
Ofsted inspection
Inspected on 22 November 2022: overall Good. Read the report ↗
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Inspection history (6)
- 22 November 2022: School inspection, Good · report
- 12 October 2010: Curriculum and development visit · report
- 25 March 2009: Full inspection, Outstanding · report
- 13 March 2008: Curriculum and development visit · report
- 2 November 2005: Full inspection, Outstanding · report
- 7 February 2000: Full inspection · report
Source: Ofsted inspection reports, last checked 31 October 2026
Exam results
GCSE results 2025/26 (provisional)
| Measure | This school | Selective schools in England | All state schools in England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8Average grade across 8 GCSE-level subjects, doubled for English and maths (maximum 90). | 81.2 | 72.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 97.8% | 93.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 7 or above in English and maths | 87.7% | 57.7% | 14.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 99.4% | 98.3% | 64.8% |
| Progress 8Not published for most schools in recent years, because primary school tests were cancelled in 2020 and 2021. | – | – | – |
Attainment 8 over time: 78.3 (2023/24) → 80.1 (2024/25) → 81.2 (2025/26).
179 pupils took GCSEs. Results reflect a selective intake: compare grammar schools with each other rather than with all schools.
Source: Key stage 4 performance (GCSE results) (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
How to get there
- Postcode
- IG8 9LA
- Map location
- 51.60721, 0.0184
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Directions and surroundings ↗
- Telephone
- 02085040611
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Official links and documents
- School website
- www.woodford.redbridge.sch.uk
- Official register record
- Get Information About Schools (URN 102852) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026