Graded inspection · Apr 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Greenwich
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 25 April 2023Graded inspection: Outstanding
- 12 February 2020Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
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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 entry1,188 applications · 115 places offered · 357 named it first
- 2026 10.3; Greenwich median median 3.5
- 2025 10.1; Greenwich median median 3.0
- 2024 8.3; Greenwich median median 3.1
- 2023 6.9; Greenwich median median 3.0
- 2022 6.2; Greenwich median median 2.7
- 2021 7.1; Greenwich median median 3.0
- 2020 6.3; Greenwich median median 3.7
- 2019 6.2; Greenwich median median 3.9
- 2018 6.2; Greenwich median median 4.2
- 2017 4.6; Greenwich median median 4.6
- 2016 4.1; Greenwich median median 4.1
- 2015 4.8; Greenwich median median 4.1
- 2014 7.3; Greenwich median median 3.5
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 115 | 1,188 | 10.3 | 357 | 3.10 |
| Sep 2025 | 113 | 1,139 | 10.1 | 293 | 2.59 |
| Sep 2024 | 123 | 1,017 | 8.3 | 254 | 2.07 |
| Sep 2023 | 115 | 797 | 6.9 | 157 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2022 | 118 | 730 | 6.2 | 138 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2021 | 116 | 823 | 7.1 | 139 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2020 | 116 | 732 | 6.3 | 130 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2019 | 118 | 728 | 6.2 | 124 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2018 | 117 | 726 | 6.2 | 137 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2017 | 119 | 552 | 4.6 | 101 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2016 | 118 | 488 | 4.1 | 80 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2015 | 97 | 464 | 4.8 | 95 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2014 | 99 | 723 | 7.3 | 194 | 1.96 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 107 | 65.8 | 86% | 92% | – |
| 2024/25 | 102 | 68.2 | 90% | 98% | – |
| 2023/24 | 107 | 63.6 | 77% | 94% | +1.43 |
| 2022/23 | 110 | 59.0 | 67% | 85% | +1.10 |
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
- Ark Greenwich Free SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding202310.3applications per place 65.8Attainment 8
- 0.9 km · Greenwich20253.1applications per place 44.3Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · GreenwichOutstanding20227.1applications per place 53.7Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · GreenwichRemains Good20244.8applications per place 47.4Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · GreenwichRemains Good202343.2Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · GreenwichGood20222.5applications per place 38.8Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · GreenwichRemains Good · improving20243.6applications per place 52.6Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · GreenwichOutstanding20227.1applications per place 49.8Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · GreenwichRequires improvement20231.7applications per place 41.0Attainment 8
- 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 138245 · 203/4001
- Trust
- Ark Schools
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 600 pupils · 615 on roll
- Free school meals
- 41.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2012
- Address
- 403 Shooters Hill Road, London, SE18 4LH
- Local authority
- Greenwich
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources