Secondary school

Deptford Green School

  • Community School
  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Lewisham
  • SE14 6AN
  • Not applicable

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,282 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 40%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 68%68%2016/17: top 81%2017/18: top 63%2018/19: top 91%2021/22: top 57%2022/23: top 63%2023/24: top 56%2024/25: top 40%No exams

Against London

Attainment 847.7 · London 50.14/10 Below+16.2 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths42.3% · London 51.8%3/10 Below+5.3 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score4.43 · London 4.565/10 Middle+18.7 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.05 · London +0.323/10 Below+23.2 pts since 18/19
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 47.5 · 183 pupils · London 522016/17: 40.4 · 187 pupils · London 49.32017/18: 43.5 · 149 pupils · London 492018/19: 37.2 · 145 pupils · London 49.52021/22: 47.1 · 176 pupils · London 52.82022/23: 43.4 · 175 pupils · London 50.552023/24: 44.6 · 166 pupils · London 50.62024/25: 47.7 · 163 pupils · London 50.1547.737.2No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 31% · 187 pupils · London 48%2017/18: 38% · 149 pupils · London 48%2018/19: 28% · 145 pupils · London 48%2021/22: 46% · 176 pupils · London 58%2022/23: 41% · 175 pupils · London 53.5%2023/24: 40.4% · 166 pupils · London 55.5%2024/25: 42.3% · 163 pupils · London 51.8%46%28%No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in91.3%
137 of 150 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 91.3%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st150137
2nd12618
3rd1017
Last distance offered
  • 2026/273.1 km
  • 2025/263.9 km
  • 2024/251.6 km
  • 2023/242.2 km
  • 2022/23All offered
  • 2021/22All offered
  • 2020/213.7 km
  • 2019/204.7 km

Inspections · 2013–2022

  1. 2013Inadequate
  2. 2014Requires improvement
  3. 2016Requires improvement
  4. 2016Ungraded visit
  5. 2018Requires improvement
  6. 2019Ungraded visit
  7. 2021Ungraded visit
  8. 2022Good

4 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · safeguarding effective · 2 points to improve

Read what Ofsted said (6)

From Ofsted report, inspected Apr 2022

Strengths

  • “Pupils are safe and well cared for at this school.”
  • “They value the strong professional relationships that they have with their teachers and other adults at the school.”
  • “Pupils know that staff are there to support and guide them.”

To improve

  • “Leaders have had difficulties in recruiting and retaining staff in a few subject areas.”
  • “This has led to pockets of variability in how well the curriculum is delivered, which sometimes affects pupils’ learning.”
  • “Leaders should continue their work to support all staff in implementing the curriculum consistently well.”

Ofsted inspection report extracts, Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026888
Free school meals (past 6 years)46.5%
First language not English32.1%
SEN support12.2%
EHC plan5.8%
Absence (sessions missed)7.3%
Persistently absent pupils22.2%

Girls 47.7%Boys 52.3%

98.7% full · 900 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher15.2
Pupils per adult8.6
  • Classroom teachers 46.4
  • Leadership 12
  • Teaching assistants 15.2
  • Other support 44.5

Teachers 58.4 FTE · Whole workforce 118 · 126 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£11,930
Spend per pupil£12,516
Staff spend per pupil£8,956
Reserve per pupil£1,173
  • +£1,041,251revenue reserve
  • −£520,272in-year balance

Grants £12,012 · self-generated £107 · premises £1,669 per pupil

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

166 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained91.6%
  • Education89.2%
  • Apprenticeship0.6%
  • Employment1.8%
  • Not sustained6%
  • Unknown2.4%