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George Green's School

Secondary · London · E14 3DW

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 25 May 2022

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At a glance

1,256 pupils · 101% of 1,239 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
11–19
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
50.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
66.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
7.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.georgegreens.com/
URN
100974

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 175 families named it first for 188 Year 7 places, 0.93 first choices per place. We hold 3 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2024 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 25 May 2022 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.93 first-choice applications per place

188 places offered · 175 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.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

A
4382 m (≈2.72 mi)
B
10709 m (≈6.65 mi)
C
14191 m (≈8.82 mi)
D
3143 m (≈1.95 mi)

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

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
49
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
75.6%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
51.8%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.5
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.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) B-
36.4
England 35

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

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school49
Median of its 12 closest peers44.6
Tower Hamlets average48.5
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of 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
Morpeth SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayGood49.2
Langdon Park Community SchoolLondon · 2 miles awayExpected standard43.5
Manchester Enterprise Academy CentralManchester · 164 miles awayStrong standard46.1
Heron Hall AcademyEnfield · 11 miles awayNo current grade39.7
St Augustine's Federated Schools: CE High SchoolLondon · 9 miles awayGood44.3
Mulberry Academy ShoreditchLondon · 4 miles awayGood45
Kensington Aldridge AcademyLondon · 9 miles awayOutstanding54
Waverley SchoolBirmingham · 103 miles awayExpected standard41.9
The Bridge AcademyLondon · 4 miles awayGood56.9
Regent High SchoolLondon · 6 miles awayGood42.6
Saltley AcademyBirmingham · 104 miles awayGood39.4
Southfields AcademyLondon · 9 miles awayGood49.4

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
20 of 20 places taken full, or over capacity

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)

Asian Bangladeshi 56% (Tower Hamlets 64%, England 2%) · White British 11% (Tower Hamlets 6%, England 59%) · Any other Asian background 6% (Tower Hamlets 3%, England 3%) · Any other White background 5% (Tower Hamlets 4%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Tower Hamlets 3%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Tower Hamlets 4%, England 3%) · Black African 4% (Tower Hamlets 8%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 3% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Tower Hamlets 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 5%) · 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)
7.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
25.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

10.86 suspensions per 100 pupils and 3 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Tower Hamlets: 6.10 suspensions and 0.04 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
14.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 4% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 1.15% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained secondaries: 0.22% vacant, 0.42% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

78.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.4 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 £66,356; 9.6% 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£12,339
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (77%) · premises 4% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (7%) · supplies and services 13% (10%) · educational supplies 5% (6%) · bought-in professional services 7% (2%) · catering 5% (3%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £1,126,131; in-year balance +£15,423

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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
94%
Continuing in education
91%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
1%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
57%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
15%
Any sustained destination
77%

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)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher46.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications20.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work39.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways25.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health54.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier29.2%62.3%
Social housing36%17.1%
Privately rented34.4%20.5%
Detached houses2.3%22.9%
Flats70.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms8%21.1%
Households with no car or van55.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004217 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£500,000751 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£385,000–£650,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (19)£775,000
Terraced (163)£740,000
Flat (568)£450,000

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

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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
21an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an 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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