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Plumstead Manor School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Community school
Old Mill Road, London SE18 1QF · plumsteadmanor.com · 020 3260 3333
On the mapSearch near SE18 1QF
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 33.4
- average Attainment 8 score. Greenwich 46.9, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Greenwich Council
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,413
- 94% of 1,500 places
- Local authority
- Greenwich
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 40.1%
- First language not English
- 57.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Greenwich Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 122 families put the school first and 221 places were offered; 99% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 221 | 122 | 0.6 | 99% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 218 | 137 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 224 | 171 | 0.8 | 97% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 222 | 192 | 0.9 | 94% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 230 | 185 | 0.8 | 98% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | 2.25 mi3.62 km | |
| September 2023 | 1.53 mi2.46 km | |
| September 2022 | 1.58 mi2.54 km | |
The council lists the school as not oversubscribed on National Offer Day 2025 and 2026: everyone who applied was offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 33.4, and 21.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Greenwich it was 46.9, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C (31 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼33.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼21.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼41.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼22.6% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.71 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 46.9 | −11.3 |
| Sixth form college | 19 | +0.9 |
| Further education | 17.3 | +7.8 |
| Other education | 0.4 | −0.5 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.8 | +0.5 |
| Employment | 1.3 | 0 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.8 | −0.2 |
| Activity not captured | 7.5 | +2.8 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 101 students | C (31) | Average -0.11 | |
| 104 students | C (30.9) | Average -0.12 | |
| 81 students | Dist- (33.1) | Average +0.17 | |
| 22 students | Dist (33.9) | Average +0.09 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 108 | C- (26.3) | -0.22 |
| 2022/23 | 101 | D+ (24.3) | — |
| 2021/22 | 117 | C- (25.7) | — |
| 2018/19 | 100 | C- (25.3) | -0.22 |
| 2017/18 | 128 | D+ (24.7) | -0.22 |
| 2016/17 | 138 | D+ (24.9) | -0.26 |
| 2015/16 | 141 | D+ (24.9) | -0.15 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 52.8 | −0.4 |
| Further and other education | 2.1 | −1.5 |
| Further education | 0.7 | −0.7 |
| Other education | 1.4 | −0.8 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.2 | +2 |
| Employment | 18.1 | −7.8 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 12.5 | +0.3 |
| Activity not captured | 10.4 | +7.5 |
Ofsted
Plumstead Manor School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 14 June 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 14 Jun 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Sixth form | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective Mar 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Oct 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement
What parents said
60% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (89 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 60%
- Replies
- 89
- 6% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 55% who had a child bullied
based on 27 parents (30%) with SEND