- Grammar school for girls
- Redbridge 11+
Woodford County High School: 11+ entry
High Road, Woodford Green, Essex IG8 9LA
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Can we apply, and what did it take?
For September 2028 entry
Opens a short explanationqualifying scoreThe score a child must reach to be considered for a grammar school place in that area. Reaching it is not an offer of a place: places then follow each school’s admission rules.
104or more
Redbridge 11+ test, 2027 entry (the latest published)
Checked, source: London Borough of Redbridge, checkedYear 7 places
180
2027 entry, Published Admission Number ()Opens a short explanationPANPublished Admission NumberThe number of places a school offers in its first year group, for example Year 7. The admission authority sets it each year in the school’s admission policy.
Checked, source: London Borough of Redbridge, checkedLowest score offered
110.62
2026 entry, national offer day
Checked, source: London Borough of Redbridge, checked
No deadlines left for 2028 entry.
Can we get in?
How far offers reached
Each bar shows how far from Woodford County High School for Girls the last child offered a place lived, under the last admission rule the offers reached. Up to five years, on one scale.
Qualifying is not the same as being offered a place.
A score of 104 or more in the Redbridge 11+ test means your child can be considered. If more children qualify than there are places, the school gives places using its admission rules, in order. The figures below show how far those rules reached in past years. They are history, not a prediction: they change every year with who applies.
Lowest score offered a place
Scores are on the aggregate score scale.
- 2026 entryOffer day
On National Offer Day, the lowest score offered a place was 110.62.
- 2025 entryOffer day
On National Offer Day, the lowest score offered a place was 110.63.
- 2024 entryOffer day
On National Offer Day, the lowest score offered a place was 112.47.
- 2023 entryOffer day
On National Offer Day, the lowest score offered a place was 112.29.
- 2022 entryOffer day
On National Offer Day, the lowest score offered a place was 110.07.
Source: London Borough of Redbridge, checked
Applications and offers, September 2026 entry (Department for Education)
How many families applied to Woodford County High School for Girls and how many places it offered. Applicants per place is all applications divided by offers. Families apply to several schools and not every applicant qualifies, so it is not the chance of a place.
| Figure | Department for Education |
|---|---|
| First-preference applications | 338First-preference applications, 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E13000002,Outer London,317,E09000026,Redbridge,Secondary,3174025,z,6,Woodford County High School,178,178,163,11,4,534,338,84,49,2.0736196319018405,1.898876404494382,194,42,Community school,No religious character,12.4,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001167,Chingford and Woodford Green,102852,7View the official source |
| All applications (any preference) | 534All applications (any preference), 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E13000002,Outer London,317,E09000026,Redbridge,Secondary,3174025,z,6,Woodford County High School,178,178,163,11,4,534,338,84,49,2.0736196319018405,1.898876404494382,194,42,Community school,No religious character,12.4,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001167,Chingford and Woodford Green,102852,7View the official source |
| Places offered on National Offer Day | 178Places offered on National Offer Day, 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E13000002,Outer London,317,E09000026,Redbridge,Secondary,3174025,z,6,Woodford County High School,178,178,163,11,4,534,338,84,49,2.0736196319018405,1.898876404494382,194,42,Community school,No religious character,12.4,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001167,Chingford and Woodford Green,102852,7View the official source |
| Applicants per place | 3Applicants per place, 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E13000002,Outer London,317,E09000026,Redbridge,Secondary,3174025,z,6,Woodford County High School,178,178,163,11,4,534,338,84,49,2.0736196319018405,1.898876404494382,194,42,Community school,No religious character,12.4,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001167,Chingford and Woodford Green,102852,7View the official source |
Source: Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics), checked
About these figures
There is no separate Woodford pass mark beyond the borough minimum. The useful number is the score of the last on-time girl from inside the catchment who was offered a place on National Offer Day. Ilford County High's figure is shown alongside for comparison.
Woodford's figure peaked for 2024 entry and has eased slightly since, but it stays above the boys' school in every year. Treat these as a guide, not a promise.
The girls' test numbers, as published by the council:
Registrations for Woodford dropped sharply after 2024 entry. Even so, the girls reaching the minimum each year far outnumber the places, so most will be offered a different school. Keep a school you are happy with on your list. For both schools' figures together, see the Redbridge 11+ guide.
At a glance
Woodford County High School for Girls in brief
tap a value for its source
- Pupils
- girlsPupilsChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Woodford County High School.The source says:
Woodford County High School is an 11 – 18 community grammar school for girls.
View the official source - Who the school admits.
- Year 7 places
- 180Year 7 placesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against London Borough of Redbridge.The source says:
| Woodford County High | 180 | 23 |
View the official source2027 entry - The (PAN): how many children the school plans to admit.
- Entrance test
- Redbridge 11+ test
- The test children sit to be considered.
- Opens a short explanationcatchmentAn area, set by a school or a council, where children get higher priority for a place. Living inside it is not an offer of a place. Not every school has a catchment.
- common catchment
- Where children get priority. Living inside it does not by itself mean a place.
- School type
- community school (selective grammar)School typeChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Woodford County High School.The source says:
It is a Community School and therefore all matters relating to admissions in Year 7 – 11 are handled by the Redbridge Admissions Office.
View the official source - How the school is run and funded.
Key dates
Dates for September 2028 entry
For children in Year 6 in 2027/28.
Not published yet: Test registration opens
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Not published yet: Test registration closes
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Not published yet: Test day
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Not published yet: Results
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Notes on these dates
The offer date is marked as awaiting confirmation because the council's own papers name two different days. Offers will come on National Offer Day from the council where you live. Families outside Redbridge follow their own council's deadline for the application. See the Redbridge dates page for the full timetable.
How places are given
4 admission rules, in order, for 2027 entry
If more children qualify than there are places, Woodford County High School for Girls gives places using these rules (its Opens a short explanationoversubscription criteriaThe rules a school uses, in order, to decide who gets a place when more children apply than there are places. For example: children in care first, then brothers and sisters of pupils, then distance from home.), in this order (the 2027 rules; the rules for 2028 entry are not published yet).
- 1
Looked after and previously looked after children
The policy's own words
a. A 'looked after child' or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangements, or special guardianship order
- 2
45 (25%) places for children entitled to the pupil premium (incl. Ever6), ranked by total standardised score
The policy's own words
b. Places will be offered to 45 (25%) children who are entitled to the pupil premium
- 3
Other children living in the Common Catchment Area, ranked by total standardised score
The policy's own words
c. other children living in the Common Catchment Area, ranked according to the total standardised score in overall order of merit;
- 4
Children living outside the Common Catchment Area, ranked by total standardised score
The policy's own words
d. children living outside the Common Catchment Area, ranked according to the total standardised score in overall order of merit.
Source: London Borough of Redbridge, checked
- Who qualifies
- Minimum threshold score of 104; qualifying candidates ranked by total standardised score in overall order of merit within the oversubscription criteria (looked after, 45 pupil premium places, Common Catchment Area, then outside it)Source: London Borough of Redbridge, checked
- Catchment
- 11+ Common Catchment Area shared by Ilford County High and Woodford County High (map on Redbridge maps: Education > 11+ Common Catchment Area); applicants outside it are considered only after all requests from within it have been metSource: London Borough of Redbridge, checked
- If two children are level for the last place
- Equal scores: shortest safe walking distance measured by GIS from the child's home to the main entrance of the school using public roads and recognised footpaths (flats in the same block: main entrance of the block); identical distances for a final place: random allocation using the Synergy "Admissions and Transfers System".Source: London Borough of Redbridge, checked
- Brothers and sisters
- No priority for brothers and sisters.Source: London Borough of Redbridge, checked
- Waiting list
- Held by the London Borough of Redbridge; vacancies offered to the next highest qualifying candidate by total standardised score following the oversubscription criteria (minimum 104); Year 7 list runs until 31 December 2027, after which an online in-year application is needed to stay on it.Source: London Borough of Redbridge, checked
- Address used
- The address you live at on Saturday 31 October 2026 is the one that counts.Source: London Borough of Redbridge, checked
More detail from our guide
2027 entry. The rules are determined (final)Woodford County High School for Girls: Document status (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against London Borough of Redbridge.The source says: Determined Admission Arrangements 2027 - 2028 Please find below the Local Authority's determined admission arrangements for community schools, the coordinated schemes for Primary and Secondary schools, and the Fair Access Protocol for 2027-2028.
View the official source. Woodford is a community school, so the council sets its admission rules and makes the offers.
Woodford sums up how its places work like this: Places go to the 180 highest-scoring girls living in the Common Catchment Area who have not been made eligible for a school they ranked above WoodfordWoodford County High School for Girls: Higher preference ruleChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Woodford County High School.The source says: The 180 places at Woodford County High School will be offered to the 180 girls with the highest scores who both have not put a different school at a higher preference to Woodford for which they are eligible and live in the Common Catchment Area.
View the official source.
What that means in practice: if your daughter could be offered a school you ranked above Woodford, she gets that school, and the Woodford place moves to the next girl in line. So list schools in your genuine order of preference, and remember that where you place Woodford on the form does not change her score.
| Admission rule | 2027 entry |
|---|---|
| Catchment area | 11+ Common Catchment Area shared by Ilford County High and Woodford County High (map on Redbridge maps: Education > 11+ Common Catchment Area); applicants outside it are considered only after all requests from within it have been metWoodford County High School for Girls 2027 entry: DescriptionChecked 9 Oct 2026 against London Borough of Redbridge.The source says: The schools have a Common Catchment Area. Follow the link: https://my.redbridge.gov.uk/map, click on Map category ‘Education’, then select from 11+ Common Catchment Area. If parents live outside the Common Catchment Area, consideration for a place at one of these schools will be given after all the requests from those within the Common Catchment Area have been met.View the official source |
| Full priority order | (1) Looked after and previously looked after children. (2) 45 (25%) places for children entitled to the pupil premium (incl. Ever6), ranked by total standardised score. (3) Other children living in the Common Catchment Area, ranked by total standardised score. (4) Children living outside the Common Catchment Area, ranked by total standardised score.Woodford County High School for Girls: Oversubscription criteria (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against London Borough of Redbridge.The source says: 2.13 Priority will be as follows for all year groups: ... b. Places will be offered to 45 (25%) children who are entitled to the pupil premium (eligibility checks will be carried out to ascertain those who were eligible for pupil premium, including Ever6, on the date the application was made), ranked according to the total standardised score in overall order of merit; c. other children living in the Common Catchment Area, ranked according to the total standardised score in overall order of merit; d. children living outside the Common Catchment Area, ranked according to the total standardised score in overall order of merit.View the official source |
| Pupil premium places | Awaiting confirmationWoodford County High School for Girls: Pp priority (2027)Official sources disagree; we are confirming this with the publisher.View the official source |
| Equal scores | Equal scores: shortest safe walking distance measured by GIS from the child's home to the main entrance of the school using public roads and recognised footpaths (flats in the same block: main entrance of the block); identical distances for a final place: random allocation using the Synergy "Admissions and Transfers System".Woodford County High School for Girls: Tie break (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against London Borough of Redbridge.The source says: 2.14 Where there is more than one such candidate with the same score, the tiebreak will be the shortest safe walking distance, as measured by a Geographic Information System, from the child's home to the main entrance of the school using public roads and recognised footpaths. It should be noted that when measurements involve flats in the same block, the distance will be to the main entrance of the block. [...] the Admission Authority will use the random allocation facility within the Synergy "Admissions and Transfers System" pupil data baseView the official source |
| Distance measurement | Walking from child's home (for flats in the same block: the main entrance of the block) to main entrance of the schoolWoodford County High School for Girls: Distance rule (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against London Borough of Redbridge.The source says: 2.14 Where there is more than one such candidate with the same score, the tiebreak will be the shortest safe walking distance, as measured by a Geographic Information System, from the child's home to the main entrance of the school using public roads and recognised footpaths. It should be noted that when measurements involve flats in the same block, the distance will be to the main entrance of the block. [...] the Admission Authority will use the random allocation facility within the Synergy "Admissions and Transfers System" pupil data baseView the official source |
| Waiting list | Held by the London Borough of Redbridge; vacancies offered to the next highest qualifying candidate by total standardised score following the oversubscription criteria (minimum 104); Year 7 list runs until 31 December 2027, after which an online in-year application is needed to stay on it.Woodford County High School for Girls: Waiting list (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against London Borough of Redbridge.The source says: 1.13 The waiting list will run until 31 December 2027. Waiting lists for after 31 December 2027 will require parents to submit an online in-year application for their child to remain on the waiting list. ... 2.15 When a vacancy arises on the waiting list, it will be offered to the next highest qualifying candidate according to the total standardised score in overall order of merit, following the oversubscription criteria as detailed above.View the official source |
| How to apply | All applicants must name the school on the formal Common Application Form online (home council eAdmissions); test registration alone is not an application. Redbridge residents' deadline 31 October 2026.Woodford County High School for Girls: Must name on caf (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against London Borough of Redbridge.The source says: 2.10 All applicants must complete the formal Common Application Form online to express a preference for the selective schools. Completion of the Registration Form alone is not accepted as an application.View the official source |
Several rows show as awaiting confirmation because the school's website and the council's documents do not say the same thing. The main gap is whether Woodford's pupil premium places (for girls whose school gets extra funding because they have had free school meals) are open only to girls living in the catchment. They also differ on how ties are broken for girls who live in flats. The council is the admission authority, so its determined arrangements are the ones to check; its admissions team can confirm either point.
2028 entry: Woodford County High School for Girls: Document status (2028)Not yet published by London Borough of Redbridge; last checked 9 Oct 2026.The source says: Determined Admission Arrangements 2027 - 2028
View the official source. We will update this once the council publishes its rules for September 2028.
The test
Redbridge 11+ test
- Test
- Redbridge 11+ test
- Test date, 2028 entry
- Not yet published
Woodford holds no test or interview of its own. Girls take the borough's 11+, which the London Borough of RedbridgeRedbridge: Test run byChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Woodford County High School.The source says: Entry is via a voluntary 11+ test, which is administered by the London Borough of Redbridge Education Authority and taken in the Autumn of Year 6.
View the official source organises for both grammar schools. For 2027 entry it was a single sitting on 18 September 2026Woodford County High School for Girls 2027 entry: Stage1Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Woodford County High School.The source says: The test will take place on Friday the 18th September 2026.
View the official source, with results by email in the middle of October 2026Woodford County High School for Girls 2027 entry: ResultsChecked 9 Oct 2026 against London Borough of Redbridge.The source says: The test results are emailed to you in the middle of October.
View the official source.
| The Redbridge test at a glance | 2027 entry |
|---|---|
| Papers | English and Verbal Reasoning; Mathematics and Non-Verbal ReasoningWoodford County High School for Girls 2027 entry: Stage1 papersChecked 9 Oct 2026 against London Borough of Redbridge.The source says: The 11 Plus test will consist of two papers: English and Verbal Reasoning Mathematics and Non-Verbal ReasoningView the official source |
| What is tested | English, verbal reasoning, maths and non-verbal reasoningWoodford County High School for Girls 2027 entry: Stage1 subjectsChecked 9 Oct 2026 against London Borough of Redbridge.The source says: The 11 Plus test will consist of two papers: English and Verbal Reasoning Mathematics and Non-Verbal ReasoningView the official source |
| How the score is built | Ranking uses a "total standardised score" across the two papers; subject weightings and whether the score is age-standardised are not statedWoodford County High School for Girls: Score composition (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against London Borough of Redbridge.The source says: c. other children living in the Common Catchment Area, ranked according to the total standardised score in overall order of merit;View the official source |
| Minimum score and ranking | Minimum threshold score of 104; qualifying candidates ranked by total standardised score in overall order of merit within the oversubscription criteria (looked after, 45 pupil premium places, Common Catchment Area, then outside it)Woodford County High School for Girls: Qualifying rule (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against London Borough of Redbridge.The source says: There will be a “minimum threshold score” of 104 for all applicants. No one scoring lower than 104 will be added to the ranked list or waiting list.View the official source |
| How girls registered | Online through the Redbridge council website / My Redbridge portal ("Register for the 11 plus test"); proof of address and proof of date of birth requiredWoodford County High School for Girls 2027 entry: Registration routeChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Woodford County High School.The source says: If you would like your child to be considered for Woodford you must first register your daughter to take the test. Registration is online through the Redbridge website. ... You will be required to provide proof of address and proof of date of birth.View the official source |
| Ill on the day, or a clash | Late testing only for on-time registrants with a doctor’s certificate or proof why the child could not sit (e.g. religious observance); no testing for those who did not register by the deadline; no alternative date if the child misses it for another school’s test on the same dayWoodford County High School for Girls 2027 entry: Late testingChecked 9 Oct 2026 against London Borough of Redbridge.The source says: In respect of those who register on-time but are unable to take the tests on the published date, late testing will be arranged only on the provision of a doctor’s certificate or proof of why the child could not sit on the original dates provided i.e. religious observance.View the official source |
Two things follow from the table. First, the minimum score is a gate, not a target: girls above it are compared with each other, and only the highest scorers in each priority group are offered places. Second, registration had to be done on time with documents; girls who missed the window could not sit the test later. The Redbridge 11+ guide covers the papers in more detail, and our GL Assessment page explains the provider's style.
Open days
All this year's events have passed
Done: Year 6 Open Evening (for Year 7 entry September 2027) (passed)
Source: London Borough of Redbridge, checked
If you are refused a place
Reviews, appeals and the waiting list
General information, not legal advice.
- How appeals work
- Appeal to an independent appeal panel arranged by London Borough of Redbridge (online appeal form; the two grammar schools are not in the list of schools to contact directly)Source: London Borough of Redbridge, checked
- Appeal deadline
- 2 April 2027Source: London Borough of Redbridge, checked
General information, not legal advice.
| Appeals at a glance | 2027 entry |
|---|---|
| Who hears appeals | Appeal to an independent appeal panel arranged by London Borough of Redbridge (online appeal form; the two grammar schools are not in the list of schools to contact directly)Woodford County High School for Girls: Appeals route (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against London Borough of Redbridge.The source says: If your child did not get into a Redbridge school you wanted, you can appeal to an independent panel.View the official source |
| Deadline | 2 April 2027Woodford County High School for Girls: Appeal deadline (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against London Borough of Redbridge.The source says: For places starting in September 2027, the deadline to submit an appeal for Year 7 is Friday 2 April and reception is Friday 14 May 2027.View the official source |
| Questioning the test score | No formal review panel: parents unhappy with the selection outcome should discuss it with their primary headteacher; the decision can be challenged through the statutory appeal processRedbridge 2027 entry: Review processChecked 9 Oct 2026 against London Borough of Redbridge.The source says: If a parent is not satisfied with the outcome of the optional selection procedure, they should discuss the matter with the head of their child's primary school. The Admission Authority’s decision can be challenged through the statutory appeal process.View the official source |
| Council-wide outcome last year | 129 secondary appeals received, 4 successful (all Redbridge appeals the council handles, last academic year)Redbridge: Appeals last yearChecked 9 Oct 2026 against London Borough of Redbridge.The source says: 129 secondary appeals received and 4 were successfulView the official source |
Places follow the score ranking and the catchment, and the council's figures for last year show that only a handful of secondary appeals succeeded. If you do appeal, explain clearly why Woodford in particular suits your daughter. The Redbridge 11+ guide has more.
Official documents and sources
17 sources, each kept as an archived copy
- Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics)
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- London Borough of Redbridge
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- London Borough of Redbridge
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- London Borough of Redbridge
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- London Borough of Redbridge
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- London Borough of Redbridge
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- London Borough of Redbridge
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- London Borough of Redbridge
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- London Borough of Redbridge
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- London Borough of Redbridge
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- London Borough of Redbridge
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- London Borough of Redbridge
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- Woodford County High School
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- Woodford County High School
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- Woodford County High School
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