OFSTED
Latest graded inspection
10 January 2023
Latest published outcome
Good
OEIF
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour & attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership & management
Good
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Free schools
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Girls
Religious character
—
Local authority
Greenwich
Trust
POLYMAT
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
1,120
1,120 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
1,120
100.0% of pupils
Male pupils
0
0.0% of pupils
17.4 pts
above England
School
42.2%
Greenwich
29.4%
London
26.3%
England
24.8%
2.2 pts
below England
School
18.1%
Greenwich
28.5%
London
39.2%
England
20.3%
1.4 pts
above England
School
2.4%
Greenwich
0.5%
London
0.5%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other Black background
6.3%
71
Any other Asian background
6.1%
68
Any other White background
6.1%
68
Any other ethnic group
5.7%
64
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
18.5%
207 of
1,120 pupils
2.3 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
16.6%
186 pupils
England
14.8%
1.8 pts
above
EHC plans
1.9%
21 pupils
England
6.0%
4.2 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
No specialist assessment yet
84
Speech, language & communication
36
Social, emotional & mental health
29
Specific learning difficulty
17
Autistic spectrum disorder
16
Moderate learning difficulty
12
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
7.56%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
1.34 pts
higher than
England
School
7.56%
Greenwich
5.95%
London
6.38%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
23.33%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
7.51 pts
higher than
England
School
23.33%
Greenwich
16.35%
London
17.60%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
2.25%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
0.45 pts
higher than
England
School
2.25%
Greenwich
1.43%
London
1.67%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
secondary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
93.3%
1.0 pts
above England
Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls
93.3%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.