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Deptford Green School

Secondary · London · SE14 6AN

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 23 June 2026 · report published 20 October 2026

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At a glance

888 pupils · 99% of 900 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
45.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
32.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.deptfordgreen.lewisham.sch.uk/
URN
100740

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 150 families named it first for 168 Year 7 places, 0.89 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 3129.53 m (≈1.94 mi); distance decided places in 6 of the 8 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 23 June 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.89 first-choice applications per place

168 places offered · 150 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 3129.53 m (≈1.94 mi) for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 3129.53 m (≈1.94 mi)

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

163 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
47.7
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
57.7%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
42.3%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.4
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school47.7
Median of its 12 closest peers46.1
Lewisham average47.7
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Mossbourne Victoria Park AcademyLondon · 4 miles awayOutstanding64.3
The Elmgreen SchoolLondon · 4 miles awayGood40.1
Trinity Academy CathedralWakefield · 164 miles awayStrong standard48.7
St Peter's RC High SchoolManchester · 164 miles awayStrong standard47.4
Stoke High School - Ormiston AcademyIpswich · 64 miles awayNeeds attention34.3
Moor End AcademyHuddersfield · 166 miles awayOutstanding45.9
Leigh Academy HalleyLondon · 3 miles awayStrong standard48.4
Lilian Baylis Technology SchoolLondon · 4 miles awayOutstanding46.3
The Hurlingham AcademyLondon · 7 miles awayOutstanding58.4
Thomas Clarkson AcademyWisbech · 82 miles awayGood37.4
Lincoln Castle AcademyLincoln · 124 miles awayInadequate40.8
The Highcrest AcademyHigh Wycombe · 31 miles awayNo current grade38.5

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
12 of 20 places taken places may be available

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 20% (Lewisham 23%, England 59%) · Black African 16% (Lewisham 20%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 16% (Lewisham 8%, England 3%) · Any other White background 14% (Lewisham 10%, England 7%) · Black Caribbean 10% (Lewisham 10%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 9% (Lewisham 5%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5% (Lewisham 5%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 4% (Lewisham 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Lewisham 3%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Lewisham 3%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Lewisham 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Lewisham 2%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
7.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
17%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

8.63 suspensions per 100 pupils and 3 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Lewisham: 11.20 suspensions and 0.10 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
16.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

81% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school · 12% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 1.71% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained secondaries: 0.22% vacant, 0.42% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

75% of teachers took sickness absence, 7 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £63,265; 20.3% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£12,516
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (77%) · premises 13% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (7%) · supplies and services 21% (10%) · educational supplies 3% (6%) · bought-in professional services 4% (2%) · catering 2% (3%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £1,041,251; in-year balance -£520,272

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
93%
Continuing in education
92%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
0%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher40.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications19.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work26.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways27.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier21.4%62.3%
Social housing59.4%17.1%
Privately rented18.9%20.5%
Detached houses3.3%22.9%
Flats57.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms8.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van56.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003300 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£425,000639 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£302,000–£575,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (27)£850,000
Terraced (153)£670,000
Flat (457)£350,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (3.13 km, 2026 entry): 8,131 sales, median £510,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
6an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
25an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
177an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
35an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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