Woodmansterne School

Lambeth · SW16 5UQ

General information All-through School · 3-18 years Who goes here 1637 pupils, 23.6% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted and results

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Woodmansterne School

General Information

Address: Woodmansterne Road, Streatham, London, SW16 5UQ – View on map
Phone: 02087641825
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Ms Samantha Palin
Age range: 3-18 years
Demand for places (Year 7, September 2026): 82 families put it first for 24 places – 34 for every 10 places. 26% of them were offered a place. 10 of the 24 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 40 · 2024 40 · 2025 17 · 2026 34
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 99 families put it first for 90 places – 11 for every 10 places. 87% of them were offered a place. 40 of the 90 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 11 · 2024 11 · 2025 12 · 2026 11
Sixth form: Yes
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

1637 pupils out of 1842 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 357
% eligible for free school meals: 23.6%
Pupil mix: 9 in 10 (more mixed than the Lambeth average)
English as an additional language: 51% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 14.1% a year (Lambeth 21.5%, typical in England 15.5%)
Where they went: about 32% moved to another school, 68% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Lambeth: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 18 (1.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 26 (1.7 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 5 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state secondary schools in Lambeth, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 6.1%
Persistently absent pupils: 16.3%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 15.3%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.1%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Social, emotional and mental health: 143 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 35 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 24 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 17 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 11 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 15 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 11 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 8 pupils
Physical disability: 4 pupils

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2024 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

SecondaryGCSE results, Year 11

Attainment 8 score: 49.3
Compared with the area: 2.3 points above the Lambeth average (47.0)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (+0.3 points against an expected 49.0)
Grade 4+ in English and maths: 76% (Lambeth 65%, England 65%) Broadly steady
Data year: 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

GCSE results over time

This schoolLambeth averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 2.3 points above the Lambeth average (47.0).

About the Attainment 8 score

Attainment 8 measures a pupil's average result across 8 GCSE-equivalent qualifications (English and maths count double). It shows how pupils performed, not how much progress they made getting there - a school with a higher score doesn't necessarily add more value, since pupils often arrive with different starting points. Progress 8 is the measure designed to account for that, but it currently can't be calculated for any school for the two most recent academic years, due to a nationwide gap in the data caused by COVID-19 disruption to Key Stage 2 testing.

6th of 15 all-through schools in Lambeth for Attainment 8

#4The Norwood School50.2
#5Dunraven School49.7
#6Woodmansterne School49.3
#7La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School48.8
#8Saint Gabriel's College47.9

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Attainment 8 ranking

Illustrative MVP scores - not based on verified data yet.

Rank School Score

#1Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School57.7
#2Oasis Academy South Bank54.6
#3The Elms Academy52.8
#4The Norwood School50.2
#5Dunraven School49.7
#6Woodmansterne School49.3
#7La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School48.8
#8Saint Gabriel's College47.9
#9Lilian Baylis Technology School46.3
#10Harris Academy Clapham42.4
#11Platanos College40.8
#12City Heights E-ACT Academy40.6
#13The Elmgreen School40.1
#14Ark Evelyn Grace Academy39.9
#15Trinity Academy38.7

Leaver Destinations

In education, employment, or training a year later: 97.0%
Went into further education: 94.0%
Data year: 2024/25

About leaver destinations

This shows where a school's Year 11 leavers were recorded the following year - in a "sustained" destination means in education, an apprenticeship, or employment for at least 6 months, not just enrolled briefly. It's a different picture from exam results alone, and can highlight schools that support pupils well beyond just their GCSE grades.

GCSE Subjects Offered

Maths (General)
English Language
English Literature
Science Double Award
Geography
Business Studies
History
Computer Science
Art & Design
Sports Studies
Physics (General)
Chemistry (General)
Biology
Economics
French Language
Spanish
Religious Studies
Speech & Drama
Music Studies (General)
Polish
Urdu
Portuguese
Italian
German

About this subject list

This isn't the school's own description of its curriculum - it's real DfE exam entry data, showing which GCSE subjects this school's pupils were actually entered for in 2024/25. A subject not appearing here may still be taught but had no pupils entered that year, so treat this as a helpful guide rather than a complete guarantee - it's worth confirming directly with the school for the year your child would actually study.

PrimaryYear 6 SATs results

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 74% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 12% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 4 percentage points above the Lambeth average (70%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 72% against an expected 68%)
3-year average (expected standard): 72%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 94% · Writing 84% · Maths 83% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 83%
Average test scores: reading 109, maths 108
Based on: 90 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolLambeth averageEngland↗ Improving Up 10 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 4 percentage points above the Lambeth average (70%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 19th of 56 junior and primary schools in the area

#18Heathbrook Primary School76%
=19Archbishop Sumner Church of England Primary School74%
=19Woodmansterne School74%
=21Christ Church Primary SW973%
=21The Orchard School73%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

=1Iqra Primary School97%
=1St Helen's Catholic Primary School97%
#3Stockwell Primary School95%
#4Streatham Wells Primary93%
#5St Andrew's Catholic Primary School92%
#6Immanuel and St Andrew Church of England Primary School90%
#7Bonneville Primary School89%
=8Herbert Morrison Primary School88%
=8Rosendale Primary School88%
=10Christ Church, Streatham Church of England Primary School85%
=10Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School85%
=10Jessop Primary School85%
#13Granton Primary School80%
=14Jubilee Primary School79%
=14Walnut Tree Walk Primary School79%
=16Henry Cavendish Primary School77%
=16Reay Primary School77%
#18Heathbrook Primary School76%
=19Archbishop Sumner Church of England Primary School74%
=19Woodmansterne School74%
=21Christ Church Primary SW973%
=21The Orchard School73%
=23St John's Angell Town Church of England Primary School72%
=23Sudbourne Primary School72%
=25Clapham Manor Primary School71%
=25Glenbrook Primary School71%
=25St Luke's Church of England Primary School71%
=28Dunraven School70%
=28St Andrew's Church of England Primary School70%
=28Telferscot Primary School70%
=31Allen Edwards Primary School69%
=31Hill Mead Primary School69%
#33Crown Lane Primary School68%
=34Kingswood Primary School66%
=34Van Gogh Primary66%
#36Macaulay Church of England Primary School65%
=37Elm Wood School64%
=37Julian's School64%
=37St Mark's Church of England Primary School64%
=37Vauxhall Primary School64%
=41Fenstanton Primary School63%
=41Larkhall Primary Campus63%
#43St Stephen's Church of England Primary School61%
#44Oasis Academy South Bank Primary60%
#45St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School59%
#46Henry Fawcett Primary School58%
#47Hitherfield Primary School57%
=48Ashmole Primary School56%
=48St Anne's Catholic Primary School56%
#50Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School54%
#51St Saviour's Church of England Primary School52%
#52Sunnyhill Primary School51%
#53Richard Atkins Primary School50%
=54St Jude's Church of England Primary School45%
=54St Leonard's Church of England Primary School45%
#56Wyvil Primary School and Resource Bases for Speech, Language and Communication Needs, and Autism21%

View full Ofsted inspection report

Financials

Spending per pupil: £9,200 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

13th of 16 all-through schools in Lambeth for spending per pupil

#11La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School£9,873
#12Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School£9,511
#13Woodmansterne School£9,200
#14Dunraven School£9,160
#15Oasis Academy South Bank£9,045

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Ark Evelyn Grace Academy£15,977
#2Saint Gabriel's College£12,826
#3Lilian Baylis Technology School£12,237
#4City Heights E-ACT Academy£11,592
#5Harris Academy Clapham£10,970
#6The Norwood School£10,905
#7Trinity Academy£10,823
#8The Elms Academy£10,459
#9The Elmgreen School£10,458
#10Platanos College£10,301
#11La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School£9,873
#12Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School£9,511
#13Woodmansterne School£9,200
#14Dunraven School£9,160
#15Oasis Academy South Bank£9,045
#16London Nautical, City of London Academy£8,064

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General Information

Who goes here

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Behaviour

Across Lambeth: suspensions by reason

Attendance

SEN

Most common needs - SEN Support

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Educational Attainment

Attainment 8 ranking

Leaver Destinations ?

GCSE Subjects Offered ?

Year 6 SATs ranking

Financials

Spending Per Pupil ranking

Leaver Destinations

GCSE Subjects Offered