Woodcote High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–19 · Coulsdon, Croydon
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.438 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Woodcote High School is a secondary school in Coulsdon, Croydon for ages 11–19 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 26 January 2024. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Woodcote High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 2.438 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 2.438 miles away, the 5th shortest of 15 Croydon secondary schools with a published last distance.
- For Year 7 entry, the 2026 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2020, having swung sharply between some years.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 151 first-choice applications for 230 offers, with 137 offers going to first-choice families and 14 first-choice families not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 46% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Croydon.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Croydon schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Meadow Rise, Coulsdon, CR5 2EH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 1,250 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 26 January 2024
Strengths
- “The values of ‘excellence, responsibility and aspiration’ are at the heart of the school’s work.”
- “The school is inclusive and ensures that pupils treat each other with respect.”
- “Most pupils enjoy coming to school.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes teachers do not check what pupils have learned sufficiently and, therefore, do not identify when pupils have misunderstood.”
- “This results in some pupils developing misconceptions or gaps in their learning.”
- “When this happens, teaching moves on too quickly to the next piece of new learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 March 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 46% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 151 first-preference applications, 230 offers in total, 137 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Croydon.
- Thomas More Catholic School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Harris Academy Purley 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Riddlesdown Collegiate 2.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Coulsdon 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Coombe Wood School 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Harris Invictus Academy Croydon 3.8 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic High School 3.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published