SF School Facts UK

All-through school in London, Lambeth

Woodmansterne School

Woodmansterne Road, Streatham, London, SW16 5UQ

Sixth form
School website 02087641825

Ofsted

Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 24 September 2024.

Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

49.3 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

54% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

76% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

4.4 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

28% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the upper half of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the top quarter.

Progress 8 2023/24

0.24confidence interval 0.01 to 0.48

Taking that range into account, pupils made more progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as above average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
C
Average points per entry
30.5

England average 32.3

A level students
29

Pupils

Pupils on roll
1637
Places
1842
How full
89% full — 1637 of 1842 places taken
Girls / boys
784 / 853
Overall absence
6%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
16%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
27%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
53%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
3%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
7%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
97%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
94%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
0%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
56%
No sustained destination
0%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
88

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Lambeth 035B, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
42%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
18%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
66%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
8%

England 17%

Households with no car
31%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
34%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
All-through
Ages
Ages 3–18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
Yes
Boarding
Day school
Headteacher
Executive Headteacher: Samantha Palin
Local authority
Lambeth
Ward
Streatham Common & Vale
Constituency
Streatham and Croydon North
URN
100590

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest all-through schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Harris Academy MertonAcademy sponsor led Outstanding 2022 53.7 0.7 mi
Norbury High School for GirlsAcademy converter Good 2022 46.4 0.9 mi
St Mark's Church of England AcademyAcademy sponsor led Outstanding 2024 46.1 0.9 mi
Graveney SchoolAcademy converter Outstanding 2022 63.9 1 mi
Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary SchoolVoluntary aided school No grade 57.7 1.1 mi
Jus'T'LearnOther independent school No grade 1.3 mi
St Joseph's CollegeAcademy converter No grade 45.5 1.3 mi
RISE EducationOther independent school No grade 1.4 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded all-through schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school No grade 40.9
Ormiston Forge AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 39.7
Ark Isaac Newton AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 56.7
Chorlton High SchoolAcademy converter No grade 54
Lift KingsleyAcademy sponsor led No grade 45.1
Coppice Performing Arts SchoolAcademy sponsor led Good 2022 43.8
Oulder Hill Leadership AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 44.4
Nicholas Chamberlaine SchoolAcademy sponsor led Good 2024 36.9

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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