Woodbridge High School

About Woodbridge High School

Woodbridge High School holds an Ofsted rating of Outstanding, placing it among just five secondary schools in Redbridge to achieve that top grade out of twenty in the local authority. The most telling exam metric for this school is its A-level performance: in the 2023/24 academic year, students scored an average of 39.51 points per entry, which translates to a grade B. The school’s value-added score at A-level sits at 0.32, with a confidence interval ranging from 0.18 to 0.46, indicating that students make above-average progress compared with similar pupils nationally. The proportion of students achieving at least AAB in two facilitating subjects is 26.9 per cent, and the average grade across the best three A-levels is also a B. With 79 pupils in the sixth form, the school offers a substantial post-16 cohort, and its progress banding is officially classed as ‘Above average’.

At GCSE level, the picture is more mixed. The school’s Attainment 8 score is 40.1, and its EBacc average point score is 3.9. However, the data shows no entries for the EBacc combination of subjects, and the basics measure (grade 5 or above in English and maths) is recorded as zero per cent, which suggests that the school may not enter students for the full EBacc suite or that the data is incomplete. Progress 8 scores are not available in the dataset, so it is not possible to compare directly with the Redbridge local authority average Progress 8 of 0.59. Parents should note that while the school’s A-level outcomes are strong and well above the national average, the GCSE results require further investigation to understand the full picture, particularly around the EBacc and basics measures.

Woodbridge High School is a large secondary with 2,000 pupils on roll, despite a stated capacity of 974, meaning it is significantly oversubscribed. It has a mixed gender intake and serves the 11-18 age range, with an official sixth form housed in a dedicated Sixth Form Centre. The school offers a wide array of facilities including science labs, a swimming pool, astro turf, tennis courts, and a chapel. Sports on offer include tennis, swimming, rugby, hockey, and dance, while clubs range from Film Club and Eco Club to Model UN and the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. The school is also a boarding school, which is unusual for a state secondary. For families prioritising strong sixth-form outcomes and a broad extracurricular programme, Woodbridge is a compelling choice, though the GCSE data warrants a closer look.

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