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Eltham Hill School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 53 52.6 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
52.6 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
57.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
19.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.25 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 52.3[6] 57.6%[6]
2023/24 52.5[4] 62.4%[4] +0.25[4]
2022/23 55.3[7] 65%[7] +0.52[7]
2021/22 58.3[8] 69%[8] +0.51[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
19.8% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B-[10] 13.3%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 2.8%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 25%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 0%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
69% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
7% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
16% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 95%[15] 75%[15] 8%[15] 9%[15] 2%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 95%[16] 59%[16] 17%[16] 16%[16] 1%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 98%[17] 66%[17] 16%[17] 14%[17] 0%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 96%[18] 60%[18] 14%[18] 18%[18] 2%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[19]
Education
75% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[19]
Employment
10% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 84%[20] 68%[20] 4%[20] 12%[20]
2020/21 94%[21] 77%[21] 3%[21] 14%[21]
2019/20 80%[22] 62%[22] 0%[22] 18%[22]
2018/19 88%[23] 74%[23] 5%[23] 9%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
82% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
16% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
16% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 86%[26] 20%[26]
2019/20 81%[25] 16%[25] 16%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 83%[27] 9%[27] 8%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 84%[28] 5%[28] 5%[28] 1%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
12 Mar 2024[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
1 May 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
15 Jan 2019[30] Exempt School Inspection[30] Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.6 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
790 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
259 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
217 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.2 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 770[31] 280[31] 213[31] 3.6[31] 1.3[31]
Entry Sept 2024 773[31] 263[31] 221[31] 3.5[31] 1.2[31]
Entry Sept 2023 767[31] 295[31] 219[31] 3.5[31] 1.3[31]
Entry Sept 2022 703[31] 199[31] 209[31] 3.4[31] 1.0[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1050[1]
Local authority
Greenwich[1]
Website
http://elthamhill.com[1]
District
Greenwich[32]
Postcode
SE9 5EE[1]
URN
100182[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1304 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
19.7% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
21.4% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
1.2% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
25.8% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
52.6%[34]
Mixed
14.1%[34]
Asian
10.2%[34]
Black
18.1%[34]
Any other ethnic group
3.2%[34]
Unclassified
1.9%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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