Graded inspection · Jan 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | 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 entry308 applications · 192 places offered · 134 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Greenwich median median 3.5
- 2025 1.8; Greenwich median median 3.0
- 2024 1.5; Greenwich median median 3.1
- 2023 1.6; Greenwich median median 3.0
- 2022 1.7; Greenwich median median 2.7
- 2021 1.8; Greenwich median median 3.0
- 2020 1.8; Greenwich median median 3.7
- 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 | 192 | 308 | 1.6 | 134 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2025 | 172 | 308 | 1.8 | 131 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2024 | 232 | 350 | 1.5 | 154 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2023 | 237 | 368 | 1.6 | 148 | 0.62 |
| Sep 2022 | 220 | 362 | 1.7 | 173 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2021 | 233 | 409 | 1.8 | 149 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2020 | 234 | 429 | 1.8 | 178 | 0.76 |
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.) | 245 | 48.3 | 47% | 66% | – |
| 2024/25 | 237 | 47.5 | 45% | 68% | – |
| 2023/24 | 236 | 52.6 | 62% | 79% | +0.40 |
| 2022/23 | 0 | – |
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 School for GirlsThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.6applications per place 48.3Attainment 8
- 0.0 km · GreenwichRemains Good20240.9applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · Greenwich20261.3applications per place 42.1Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · Bexley20263.7applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 2.2 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
- 3.6 km · GreenwichRemains Good202343.2Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · Barking and DagenhamOutstanding20242.9applications per place 47.4Attainment 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
- 143686 · 203/4005
- Trust
- Polymat
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,200 pupils · 1,120 on roll
- Free school meals
- 42.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 2 September 2019
- Address
- 1 Birchdene Drive, Thamesmead, SE28 8RF
- Local authority
- Greenwich
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources