Woodcote High School, Coulsdon

In 2026, pupils at Woodcote High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.4 in Croydon and 47 across England.

55% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 46% in Croydon and 47% in England.

That is up from 46.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.07: pupils made about average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 36.4, against 51.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 15 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 151 families put Woodcote High School as their first choice and 860 named it as one of their preferences, for 230 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 14 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Woodcote High School are The John Fisher School (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.8); Wallington High School for Girls (1.3 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 80.3); Thomas More Catholic School (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46); and Oaks Park High School (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39).

Woodcote High School's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Woodcote High School is one of 9 schools run by The Collegiate Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 208 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 94% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 33% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 84 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 57% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 21% into work. 6% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

Woodcote High School has a resourced provision for physical disability: 14 places, 11 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Coulsdon Town Rail Station, about 1050 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Smitham Downs Road / Woodcote (->n), 200 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Woodcote High School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 119 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Croydon (488).

In 2024/25, Woodcote High School issued 210 suspensions, 16.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 6 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Woodcote High School are Woodcote Primary School (0.1 miles), Smitham Primary School (0.8 miles), Beaumont Primary School (0.9 miles) and St Aidan's Catholic Primary School (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.