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Plumstead Manor School

  • 11–19Ages
  • 1,413Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 100183URN

Old Mill Road, London, SE18 1QF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2023 Previous framework

Requires improvement
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.7per place
1.8 below Greenwich median (3.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Greenwich

377 applications for 221 places · 11th of 15 in Greenwich
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
41.0of 90
15th of 16 in Greenwich
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 14 June 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Sixth form provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.7applications per place, Year 7
1.8 below Greenwich median (3.5) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

377 applications · 221 places offered · 122 named it first

  1. 2026 1.7; Greenwich median median 3.5
  2. 2025 2.0; Greenwich median median 3.0
  3. 2024 2.4; Greenwich median median 3.1
  4. 2023 2.5; Greenwich median median 3.0
  5. 2022 2.4; Greenwich median median 2.7
  6. 2021 3.0; Greenwich median median 3.0
  7. 2020 2.5; Greenwich median median 3.7
  8. 2019 2.6; Greenwich median median 3.9
  9. 2018 1.9; Greenwich median median 4.2
  10. 2017 1.4; Greenwich median median 4.6
  11. 2016 1.4; Greenwich median median 4.1
  12. 2015 1.6; Greenwich median median 4.1
  13. 2014 1.7; Greenwich median median 3.5
More applications per place than the Greenwich median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Greenwich median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262213771.71220.55
Sep 20252184382.01370.63
Sep 20242245462.41710.76
Sep 20232225522.51920.86
Sep 20222305432.41850.80
Sep 20212296933.02451.07
Sep 20202295672.51770.77
Sep 20192315972.62411.04
Sep 20182615031.91700.65
Sep 20172132901.41150.54
Sep 20162433331.41310.54
Sep 20152333701.61440.62
Sep 20142273881.71620.71

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

235 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)41.015th of 16 in Greenwich
Grade 5 or above in English and maths36%15th of 16 in Greenwich
Grade 4 or above in English and maths54%
  • This school
  • Greenwich median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.65
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)23541.036%54%–
2024/2522633.422%41%–
2023/2422636.230%53%−0.65
2022/2325438.032%49%−0.69

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
100183 · 203/4130
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,500 pupils · 1,413 on roll
Free school meals
40.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Address
Old Mill Road, London, SE18 1QF
Local authority
Greenwich

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources