Graded inspection · Mar 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Southwark
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 | Outstanding |
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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 entry517 applications · 180 places offered · 135 named it first
- 2026 2.9; Southwark median median 3.1
- 2025 3.5; Southwark median median 3.1
- 2024 3.1; Southwark median median 3.1
- 2023 3.4; Southwark median median 3.2
- 2022 4.1; Southwark median median 3.1
- 2021 4.1; Southwark median median 3.1
- 2020 3.9; Southwark median median 3.2
- This school
- Southwark 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 | 180 | 517 | 2.9 | 135 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2025 | 174 | 606 | 3.5 | 169 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 170 | 524 | 3.1 | 115 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2023 | 176 | 606 | 3.4 | 135 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2022 | 176 | 722 | 4.1 | 196 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2021 | 174 | 714 | 4.1 | 234 | 1.34 |
| Sep 2020 | 171 | 665 | 3.9 | 189 | 1.11 |
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.) | 167 | 49.2 | 53% | 73% | – |
| 2024/25 | 175 | 47.8 | 43% | 67% | – |
| 2023/24 | 172 | 48.6 | 48% | 72% | −0.23 |
| 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
- Haberdashers' Borough AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20242.9applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · Southwark20263.0applications per place 44.4Attainment 8
- 0.9 km · LambethRequires improvement20232.9applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 0.9 km · Southwark20263.8applications per place 46.4Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · LambethOutstanding20244.9applications per place 56.7Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · SouthwarkGood20223.0applications per place 48.4Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · Southwark202632.6Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · SouthwarkRemains Good20233.1applications per place 44.0Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · SouthwarkGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 54.2Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 147073 · 210/4006
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,150 pupils · 983 on roll
- Free school meals
- 57.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 2 September 2019
- Address
- 94B Southwark Bridge Road, London, SE1 0EX
- Local authority
- Southwark
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources