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Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls
Secondary · Girls · Ages 11–16 · Free school
1 Birchdene Drive, Thamesmead SE28 8RF · woolwichpolygirls.co.uk · 020 8059 2800
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 47.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Greenwich 46.9, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Greenwich Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,120
- 93% of 1,200 places
- Local authority
- Greenwich
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 42.2%
- First language not English
- 18.1%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Polymat
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, 134 families put the school first and 192 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 192 | 134 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 172 | 131 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 232 | 154 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 237 | 148 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 220 | 173 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 47.5, and 45.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Greenwich it was 46.9, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●47.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ●45.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲67.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼24.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.07 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
Left in 2023/24
| School sixth form | 64 |
|---|---|
| Sixth form college | 15.3 |
| Further education | 14.4 |
| Other education | 2.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3 |
| Activity not captured | 0.8 |
Ofsted
Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 10 January 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 10 Jan 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
What parents said
74% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (54 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 74%
- Replies
- 54
- 6% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied