Elizabeth Woodville School

Academy converter·Secondary school Roade, West Northamptonshire·NN7 2LP
Composite score
56.1
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National rank
#144
In East Midlands
#11
In West Northamptonshire
Top 54%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
44.9
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
41%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
68%
% EBacc grade 5+
17%
EBacc average points score
3.99

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Requires improvement

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
94 first choices, 99 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
159
any preference, for 99 places
Applications from another council area
26%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7820220.8920230.7620240.9020250.952026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Elizabeth Woodville School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,097
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.0%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
3.2%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.5%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.7%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.7%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
25.2%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.5
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,781
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
93%
187 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
82%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
5%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Elizabeth Woodville School at a glance

Located in Roade, West Northamptonshire, Elizabeth Woodville School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 1,097 pupils aged 11 to 18. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 44.9 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 2.3 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

41% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 68% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Elizabeth Woodville School their first choice was offered one of its 99 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 93% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.7%. There are about 15.5 pupils per teacher. Elizabeth Woodville School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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