Wood Green School
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Wood Green School is a converter academy in Witney for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. It has 1,335 pupils and every place is taken. About 17 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. We give it 46 out of 100. That puts it in line with schools like it, ahead of 21% of the 50 schools most like it.
Woodstock Road, Witney, OX28 1DX01993 702355wgswitney.org.ukMr Robert Shadbolt headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
215 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
All GCSE measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 | Oxfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of Year 11 | 215 | 232 | 204 | 170 | 150 | 161 | – | – |
| Average GCSE scoreAttainment 8 | 46.2 | 42.3 | 49.1 | 42.6 | 44.2 | 49.1 | 45.4 | 46.8 |
| Progress from age 11Progress 8 | – | -0.38 | +0.11 | -0.55 | -0.13 | +0.07 | – | – |
| Strong pass in English and mathsGrade 5+ in English and maths | 48% | 43% | 53% | 39% | 40% | 45% | 47% | 46% |
| Standard pass in English and mathsGrade 4+ in English and maths | 71% | 62% | 74% | 61% | 63% | 74% | 65% | 66% |
| Core subjects scoreEBacc average point score | 3.95 | 3.69 | 4.34 | 3.71 | 3.89 | 4.50 | 4.05 | 4.15 |
| Taking the core subjectsEBacc entry | 26% | 18% | 27% | 21% | 37% | 47% | 36% | 41% |
| Average GCSE score: low-income pupilsAttainment 8, disadvantaged | 34.7 | 27.6 | 32.6 | 27.0 | 31.8 | 38.6 | – | – |
| Average GCSE score: other pupilsAttainment 8, non-disadvantaged | 47.8 | 45.1 | 51.1 | 46.7 | 46.6 | 50.7 | – | – |
| Average GCSE score: pupils who started behindAttainment 8, low prior attainers | – | 23.0 | 25.3 | 24.6 | 17.9 | 22.7 | – | – |
| Average GCSE score: pupils who started aheadAttainment 8, high prior attainers | – | 59.1 | 65.6 | 64.2 | 61.7 | 63.9 | – | – |
Subjects
Results came out for 18 GCSE subjects in 2025. Each figure is the share of pupils who got a grade 5 or better, next to the average for state secondaries in England.
Strongest subjects
Subjects that did worse than the England average: Biology (36% here, 82% across England), Chemistry (36% here, 81% across England), Physics (49% here, 82% across England), Physical Education (31% here, 56% across England).
The small number is how many pupils sat each subject. Subjects with fewer than six pupils aren't published.
Every subject against England, 2025
| Subject | Entries | Grades 9 to 7 | Grades 9 to 5 | Grades 9 to 4 | England 9 to 5 | Rank in England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 213 | 16% | 56% | 78% | 53% | 1,214 of 3,211 |
| English Language | 211 | 21% | 60% | 80% | 54% | 1,002 of 3,210 |
| Biology | 202 | 14% | 36% | 65% | 82% | 2,515 of 2,570 |
| English Literature | 202 | 19% | 57% | 79% | 58% | 1,497 of 3,202 |
| Physics | 200 | 17% | 49% | 67% | 82% | 2,390 of 2,546 |
| Chemistry | 199 | 12% | 36% | 60% | 81% | 2,472 of 2,537 |
| Religious Studies | 80 | 49% | 78% | 89% | 60% | 383 of 1,825 |
| History | 78 | 22% | 44% | 58% | 52% | 2,013 of 3,126 |
| Business | 77 | 8% | 48% | 61% | 51% | 894 of 1,806 |
| Geography | 75 | 27% | 55% | 76% | 51% | 1,094 of 3,116 |
| French | 47 | 34% | 87% | 92% | 60% | 239 of 1,974 |
| German | 45 | 13% | 53% | 78% | 63% | 391 of 571 |
| Physical Education | 39 | 5% | 31% | 54% | 56% | 1,326 of 1,559 |
| Art and Design | 39 | 33% | 80% | 97% | 58% | 479 of 2,818 |
| Computer Science | 26 | 15% | 31% | 42% | 56% | 1,562 of 1,861 |
| Drama | 19 | 37% | 79% | 90% | 60% | – |
| Design & Technology | 19 | 16% | 37% | 58% | 50% | – |
| Music | 6 | 17% | 50% | 67% | 61% | – |
In combined science each pupil gets two grades and we count the lower one. Rankings only include state secondaries where 20 or more pupils sat the subject.
A level and sixth-form results, 2025
119 students finished sixth-form courses.
All sixth-form measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 119 | 71 | 86 | 101 | 167 | 144 |
| Average A level points per entryA level APS per entry | 32.50 | 31.86 | 33.03 | 35.18 | 34.65 | 30.34 |
| Average A level grade | C+ | C+ | C+ | B- | C+ | C |
| Best three A levelsBest 3 A levels APS | 31.45 | 31.01 | 31.83 | 34.34 | 33.47 | 32.13 |
| AAB or better in subjects universities likeAAB+ in two facilitating subjects | 11% | 16% | 15% | 15% | 18% | 9% |
| A level progressA level value added | -0.31 | -0.07 | – | – | -0.10 | -0.07 |
| Stayed and finishedRetained and assessed | 95% | 91% | 98% | 96% | 93% | 93% |
A level subjects
18 A level subjects had results in 2025. Each figure is the share of students who got an A* to B, next to the average for state sixth forms in England. When only a handful of students take a subject, its figures jump around from year to year.
Every A level subject against England, 2025
A levels only. BTECs, T levels and other courses are in the table above. Subjects with fewer than five students aren't published.
Does every child do well here?
A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. None of the gaps is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.
At GCSE, 2025
Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
The school is full, with 1 more pupils than it has places for. More families apply than can get in, so things like how close you live and whether an older brother or sister is already here decide who gets a place. Pupil numbers have grown by 10% since 2021/22, so places are getting harder to come by.
The last child to get a place lived 2.4 miles away in 2026, 2.2 miles away in 2024, 2.7 miles away in 2023. Those cut-offs are for children living outside the catchment area; every child inside it got a place. Brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups are placed first. Type in your postcode to see how far away you are.
We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.
How places were given out for September 2026. Every child in the catchment area who applied got a place. Outside the catchment, the last place went to a child living 2.4 miles away. 239 families put it down as their first choice and 232 of them got in (97%).
| Entry | Places | Put it first | Applied at all | Got a place | First choices who got in | How far the last child lived | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Secondary | 240 | 239 | 396 | 240 | 97% | 2.4 miles (distance, outside the catchment area) | LA |
| 2025 Secondary | 240 | 230 | 385 | 238 | 100% | – all offered | LA |
| 2024 Secondary | 240 | 232 | 461 | 240 | 97% | 2.2 miles | LA |
| 2023 Secondary | 240 | 264 | 483 | 240 | 89% | 2.7 miles (feeder school) | LA |
| 2022 Secondary | 210 | 195 | 337 | 211 | 100% | 18.4 miles | LA |
| 2021 Secondary | 210 | 217 | 373 | 210 | 94% | 2.2 miles (distance, outside the catchment area) | LA |
| 2020 Secondary | 210 | 250 | 368 | 210 | 83% | 4.8 miles (catchment area) | LA |
| 2019 Secondary | 240 | 225 | 319 | 240 | 100% | 12.2 miles (looked-after or EHCP priority) | LA |
The distances are the council's own, usually measured in a straight line from home to the school gate. If the distance is getting shorter each year, the school is getting harder to get into. See which councils we have this data for.
Who goes here
Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.
Specialist SEND provision. Resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) with 18 pupils, for autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, specific learning difficulties, visual impairment.
To get a place in the unit or resourced provision, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school. Other schools in Oxfordshire with autism provision.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Moderate learning difficulty (61), Specific learning difficulty (55), emotional and mental health (50), Autistic spectrum disorder (48), language and communications needs (39), Hearing impairment (4).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 1,335 | 1,329 | 1,291 | 1,225 | 1,221 | 1,183 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 15% | 13% | 12% | 12% | 10% | 8% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 8% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 5% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 15% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 12% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 4% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 3% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 90.3% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 91.4%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2018/19 | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 9.7% | 10.7% | 10.1% | 10.7% | 6.5% | 7.1% | 8.6% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 8.3% | 9.2% | 8.6% | 9.6% | 5.8% | 6.1% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.4% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 1.0% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 23.8% | 25.7% | 24.6% | 29.7% | 16.1% | 15.8% | 23.9% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 7.8 | 8.8 | 10.7 | 6.2 | 5.2 | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 204 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 82%, compared with 96% for everyone else.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers | 2019/20 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 95% | 92% | 96% | 93% |
| Education | 88% | 82% | 88% | 88% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 7% | 3% | 2% |
| Work | 2% | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Not in education, work or training | 3% | 6% | 4% | 6% |
After sixth form
Where the 84 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Where the ones heading for university went
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers | 2019/20 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 92% | 94% | 91% | – |
| Education | 55% | 59% | 62% | – |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 4% | 5% | 5% |
| Work | 32% | 31% | 25% | – |
| Not in education, work or training | 7% | 5% | 6% | – |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other secondary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest secondary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Henry Box School | Academy | 1.0 miles | 1,027 | Good 2023 | 26 | Compare |
| Bartholomew School | Academy | 3.9 miles | 1,390 | Outstanding 2024 | 91 | Compare |
Compared with schools like it
Our score compares Wood Green School with the 47 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 47 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.
Nearby schools with a similar mix of pupils that score higher
Of those 47 schools, these are within 25 km and score at least five points more than Wood Green School, nearest first. A school with the same kind of pupils and a higher score is the fairest sign that it gets more out of them.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burford School | Academy | 7.4 miles | 1,452 | Good 2023 | 71 | Compare |
How the score was worked out
The score is out of 100. A 46 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 46% of secondary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 36 to 56. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.
| What we looked at | How much it counts | Against schools like it | Effect on the score | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results over three years | 20% | in line | 0.00 | 2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 215 pupils |
| Ofsted inspection | 0% | no data | – | |
| Progress pupils make | 20% | below | -0.14 | DfE progress measure; 215 pupils |
| Direction of travel over five years | 10% | above | +0.08 | results and attendance rising year on year |
| Attendance and behaviour | 10% | in line | -0.01 | 2024/25; 1,136 pupils |
| Results, allowing for the mix of pupils | 10% | below | -0.05 | Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 215 pupils |
| What pupils do next | 5% | above | +0.04 | 204 pupils |
| What parents say | 0% | no data | – |
Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.
Questions parents ask
Is Wood Green School a good school?
It is about average. Wood Green School scores 46 out of 100. That is in line with schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 21% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 36 to 56, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much.
How good are Wood Green School's GCSE results?
In summer 2025, 48% of pupils got a grade 5 or better in both English and maths. Across England it was 46%. Its Attainment 8 score, which is the average grade across a pupil's best eight subjects times ten, was 46.2, against 46.8 for England. In each subject, pupils here finished about half a grade behind children across England who started secondary school at the same level.
How many pupils does Wood Green School have?
1,335 pupils aged 11 to 18 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 1,335 places, so it is 100% full.
Is Wood Green School oversubscribed, and how far away can you live?
Yes. For September 2026 the last place went to a child living 2.4 miles away. 239 families put it down as their first choice and 232 of them got in. Children in care, brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups come before distance, so the cut-off moves every year.
What is attendance like at Wood Green School?
Pupils were in school 90.3% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 91.4%. 24% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Wood Green School?
The average class had 22.0 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 22.8. 10% of classes had more than 30 pupils.
Does Wood Green School have specialist SEND provision?
Yes. It has resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) for autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, specific learning difficulties, visual impairment. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.
Does Wood Green School have a sixth form?
Yes. The average A level grade in 2025 was C+. 18 A level subjects had results in 2025; the full list is in the results section.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Woodstock Road, Witney, OX28 1DX
- Telephone
- 01993 702355
- Website
- wgswitney.org.uk
- Headteacher
- Mr Robert Shadbolt
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Secondary school, ages 11-18, with sixth form
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Acer Trust (9 schools)
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Ward
- Witney East
- Constituency
- Witney
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 February 2017 (academy converter)
- URN
- 144008 · LAESTAB 9314052 · UKPRN 10062636
- Formerly
- Wood Green School
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- A level subjects: DfE A level and other 16 to 18 results, subject entries and grades, 2024/25.
- Admissions outcomes: Oxfordshire council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.