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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 13 March 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
- 30 January 2019Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry200 applications · 226 places offered · 79 named it first
- 2026 0.9; Greenwich median median 3.5
- 2025 1.1; Greenwich median median 3.0
- 2024 1.5; Greenwich median median 3.1
- 2023 1.8; Greenwich median median 3.0
- 2022 1.8; Greenwich median median 2.7
- 2021 2.0; Greenwich median median 3.0
- 2020 1.9; Greenwich median median 3.7
- 2019 2.0; Greenwich median median 3.9
- 2018 2.2; Greenwich median median 4.2
- 2017 2.2; Greenwich median median 4.6
- 2016 2.4; Greenwich median median 4.1
- 2015 2.2; Greenwich median median 4.1
- 2014 2.2; Greenwich median median 3.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Greenwich median
Dashed bars: as Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys (URN 100187), the previous school.
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 | 226 | 200 | 0.9 | 79 | 0.35 |
| Sep 2025 | 228 | 258 | 1.1 | 98 | 0.43 |
| Sep 2024 | 229 | 351 | 1.5 | 146 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2023 | 228 | 413 | 1.8 | 144 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2022 | 217 | 384 | 1.8 | 158 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2021 | 229 | 458 | 2.0 | 159 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2020 | 231 | 436 | 1.9 | 170 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2019 | 236 | 469 | 2.0 | 180 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2018 | 236 | 513 | 2.2 | 202 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2017 | 239 | 525 | 2.2 | 219 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2016 | 235 | 562 | 2.4 | 239 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2015 | 238 | 528 | 2.2 | 234 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2014 * | 238 | 519 | 2.2 | 234 | 0.98 |
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.) | 240 | 45.2 | 49% | 65% | – |
| 2024/25 | 234 | 45.2 | 47% | 69% | – |
| 2023/24 | 237 | 44.4 | 50% | 66% | −0.04 |
| 2022/23 | 238 | 46.5 | 56% | 71% | −0.07 |
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
- Woolwich Polytechnic SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20240.9applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 0.0 km · GreenwichGood20231.6applications per place 48.3Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · Greenwich20261.3applications per place 42.1Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · Bexley20263.7applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · Barking and DagenhamOutstanding20221.9applications per place 57.9Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · GreenwichRequires improvement20231.7applications per place 41.0Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · Newham202547.7Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · Barking and DagenhamOutstanding20242.9applications per place 47.4Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · GreenwichRemains Good202343.2Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 141163 · 203/4250
- Trust
- Polymat
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,820 pupils · 1,565 on roll
- Free school meals
- 36.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Opened
- 1 August 2014
- Replaced
- Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys (URN 100187)
- Address
- Hutchins Road, Thamesmead, London, SE28 8AT
- Local authority
- Greenwich
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources