Secondary school

Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls

  • Free School
  • ages 11–16
  • Girls
  • Greenwich
  • SE28 8RF
  • No sixth form

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,309 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 40%

Top % in England, by year
2023/24: top 21%21%2024/25: top 40%

Against London

Attainment 847.5 · London 50.14/10 Below
Grade 5+ English and maths45.1% · London 51.8%4/10 Below
EBacc point score4.07 · London 4.563/10 Below
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.40 · London +0.326/10 Middle
Show exam results by year
Attainment 8
2023/24: 52.6 · 236 pupils · London 50.62024/25: 47.5 · 237 pupils · London 50.1552.647.5
Grade 5+ English and maths
2023/24: 61.9% · 236 pupils · London 55.5%2024/25: 45.1% · 237 pupils · London 51.8%61.9%45.1%

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
134 of 134 who put it first2020 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st134134
2nd5926
3rd5010
Last distance offered
  • 2026/2710.5 km
  • 2025/2611.7 km
  • 2024/25All offered
  • 2023/249.1 km
  • 2022/239.2 km

Inspections · 2023

4 strong areas

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

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · safeguarding effective · 3 points to improve

Read what Ofsted said (6)

From Ofsted report, inspected Jan 2023

Strengths

  • “Pupils are articulate and interested in their learning.”
  • “The school provides pupils with a welcoming learning environment.”
  • “Leaders think carefully about the needs of individuals.”

To improve

  • “In some cases, teachers do not check pupils’ understanding effectively and use this to make necessary adaptations to learning.”
  • “This affects how well pupils are able to remember and apply key knowledge over time.”
  • “Leaders need to continue their work to improve staff’s expertise in checking pupils’ learning and addressing misconceptions and gaps in knowledge.”

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

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,120
Free school meals (past 6 years)41.3%
First language not English18.9%
SEN support11.9%
EHC plan2.1%
Absence (sessions missed)7.6%
Persistently absent pupils23.3%

Girls 100%Boys 0%

93.3% full · 1,200 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher16.1
Pupils per adult11.4
  • Classroom teachers 63.5
  • Leadership 6
  • Teaching assistants 15
  • Other support 29.4

Teachers 69.5 FTE · Whole workforce 113.9 · 122 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£9,479
Spend per pupil£8,581
Staff spend per pupil£7,264
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£1,066,000in-year balance

Grants £9,440 · self-generated £40 · premises £301 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: POLYMAT (3 academies) · trust reserve £2,383,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

236 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained96.2%
  • Education95.8%
  • Apprenticeship0.4%
  • Employment0%
  • Not sustained3%
  • Unknown0.8%