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Woodside Academy

Mixed · ages 4–18 · with sixth formBexley, London · Erith DA8 3PBTrust: London South East Academies TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
206
Free school meals
34.9%
Year 11 cohort 2025
19
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, 14 June 2023Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Woodside School (URN 101485, until 1 April 2019).

What the data says

Of the 17 pupils who finished Year 11 at Woodside Academy in 2023, 0% stayed on in Woodside Academy’s own sixth form (Bexley average 57%), 6% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 35% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

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 Bexley and England.

Woodside Academy
Bexley
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureWoodside AcademyBexleyEngland
Pupils in the cohort173,313607,348
Any sustained destination100%93%92%
Stayed in education100%89%86%
— school sixth form0%57%34%
— sixth form college35%10%13%
— further education college6%21%37%
— other education59%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination0%5%6%
Destination unknown0%2%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

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in Bexley

Beths Grammar School

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98% stayed in education · Attainment 8 71.6

Bexley Grammar School

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98% stayed in education · Attainment 8 74.7

Cleeve Park School

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80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.7

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.