Deptford Green School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 43 42.8 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 42.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 38.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 7.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.05 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	47.7[5]	42.3%[5]
2023/24	44.6[3]	40.4%[3]	+0.05[3]
2022/23	43.4[6]	41%[6]	-0.16[6]
2021/22	47.1[7]	46%[7]	+0.14[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: D 2013/14[8]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 93% 2022/23[10]
School sixth form: 35% 2022/23[10]
Sixth-form college: 25% 2022/23[10]
Further education college: 30% 2022/23[10]
Apprenticeship: 1% 2022/23[10]
Employment: 0% 2022/23[10]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	94%[11]	40%[11]	28%[11]	23%[11]	1%[11]	2%[11]
2020/21	91%[12]	37%[12]	22%[12]	29%[12]	1%[12]	2%[12]
2019/20	92%[13]	28%[13]	39%[13]	22%[13]	1%[13]	1%[13]
2018/19	90%[14]	32%[14]	24%[14]	27%[14]	0%[14]	3%[14]

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: 26 Apr 2022[15]
Type: Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 3[15]
Report published: 15 Jun 2022[15]
Personal development: Good[15]
Quality of education: Good[15]
Overall effectiveness: Good[15]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[15]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[15]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[15]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
10 Feb 2021[16]	Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 2[16]	No overall grade[16]
10 Oct 2019[17]	Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 1[17]	No overall grade[17]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 3.3 Entry Sept 2026[18]
Applications (any preference): 550 Entry Sept 2026[18]
First preferences: 150 Entry Sept 2026[18]
Places offered: 168 Entry Sept 2026[18]
First preferences per place: 0.9 Entry Sept 2026[18]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	588[18]	132[18]	167[18]	3.5[18]	0.8[18]
Entry Sept 2024	665[18]	183[18]	170[18]	3.9[18]	1.1[18]
Entry Sept 2023	597[18]	158[18]	170[18]	3.5[18]	0.9[18]
Entry Sept 2022	472[18]	102[18]	163[18]	2.9[18]	0.6[18]

Character & practicalities

Type: Community school[1]
Ages: 11–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 900[1]
Local authority: Lewisham[1]
Website: http://www.deptfordgreen.lewisham.sch.uk/[1]
District: Lewisham [19]
Postcode: SE14 6AN[1]
URN: 100740[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 881 2024/25[20]
English as an additional language: 32.1% 2024/25[20]
SEN support: 12.2% 2024/25[20]
EHC plan: 5.8% 2024/25[20]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 46.5% 2024/25[20]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 34.7%[21]
Mixed: 23.8%[21]
Asian: 3%[21]
Black: 29.7%[21]
Any other ethnic group: 8.8%[21]
Unclassified: 0%[21]

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

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2013/14, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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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