Community school

Woodmansterne School

Mixed · ages 3–18 · with sixth formLambeth, London · London SW16 5UQSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,637of 1,842 places
Free school meals
23.6%
Year 11 cohort 2025
143
Ofsted
Inspected, 24 September 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 88 pupils who finished Year 11 at Woodmansterne School in 2023, 56% stayed on in Woodmansterne School’s own sixth form (Lambeth average 51%), 38% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Business Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 46% of the year group took it, against 18% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 49.3 against 46.1 across England and 45.4 in Lambeth, with 54% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

A level grades average C, below the England average of B-. The largest A level subjects are Mathematics, Psychology and Chemistry.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Lambeth and England.

Woodmansterne School
Lambeth
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureWoodmansterne SchoolLambethEngland
Pupils in the cohort882,440607,348
Any sustained destination97%91%92%
Stayed in education94%90%86%
— school sixth form56%51%34%
— sixth form college1%9%13%
— further education college38%27%37%
— other education0%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%
Employment2%1%3%
No sustained destination0%5%6%
Destination unknown3%4%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureWoodmansterne SchoolLambethEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)49.345.446.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths54%41%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths76%63%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects28%49%41%
EBacc average point score4.384.104.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort37%49%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils44.539.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils52.150.950.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language64%48%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language14199%89%18%20%72%
Mathematics14199%88%26%22%84%
English Literature14098%86%23%21%81%
Combined Science11681%65%5%9%64%
Geography8157%41%21%25%70%
Business Studies6646%18%14%20%55%
History5740%41%25%26%72%
Computer Science4129%13%32%30%76%
Physical Education2820%11%14%24%79%
Chemistry2517%23%76%47%100%
Biology2517%23%72%45%100%
Physics2517%23%64%46%100%
Economics2215%1%9%34%73%
French2215%18%36%29%77%
Spanish1813%19%44%27%83%
Religious Studies1813%31%33%32%78%
3D Design118%2%36%16%64%
Music118%5%0%33%36%
Drama118%7%9%27%73%
Textiles107%2%40%27%100%
Fine Art86%9%38%28%88%
Polish75%1%71%84%100%
Italian21%0%53%
Portuguese21%0%50%
Urdu21%1%42%
German11%5%33%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Sports Studies1138%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureWoodmansterne SchoolLambethEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study105
— of whom A level students291,067261,341
Average A level gradeCC+B-
Average points per A level entry30.5034.9635.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsCB-B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects16%19%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Mathematics1448%31%
Psychology1241%23%
Chemistry1034%17%
Biology931%20%
Economics621%13%
English Literature11%
French1%
Geography10%
Politics6%
History13%
Business Studies13%
Further Mathematics5%
Physics12%
Religious Studies4%
Sociology13%
Art and Design1%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Applied SciencesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*724%
Business StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*621%
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)621%
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionOCR Cambridge Technical Introductory Diploma at Level 3

Other secondary schools in Lambeth

Dunraven School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,744 pupils

90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.7

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.