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Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 48 48.3 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
48.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
46.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
15.9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.40 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 Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 47.5[5] 45.1%[5]
2023/24 52.6[3] 61.9%[3] +0.40[3]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
10 Jan 2023[6]
Type
S5 Inspection[6]
Report published
8 Mar 2023[6]
Personal development
Good[6]
Quality of education
Good[6]
Overall effectiveness
Good[6]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[6]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[6]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[6]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.6 Entry Sept 2026[7]
Applications (any preference)
308 Entry Sept 2026[7]
First preferences
134 Entry Sept 2026[7]
Places offered
192 Entry Sept 2026[7]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[7]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 308[7] 131[7] 172[7] 1.8[7] 0.8[7]
Entry Sept 2024 350[7] 154[7] 232[7] 1.5[7] 0.7[7]
Entry Sept 2023 368[7] 148[7] 237[7] 1.6[7] 0.6[7]
Entry Sept 2022 362[7] 173[7] 220[7] 1.6[7] 0.8[7]

Character & practicalities

Type
Free schools[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1200[1]
Trust
POLYMAT[1]
Local authority
Greenwich[1]
Website
www.woolwichpolygirls.co.uk[1]
District
Greenwich[8]
Postcode
SE28 8RF[1]
URN
143686[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1183 2024/25[9]
English as an additional language
18.9% 2024/25[9]
SEN support
11.9% 2024/25[9]
EHC plan
2.1% 2024/25[9]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
41.3% 2024/25[9]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
20.8%[10]
Mixed
11.2%[10]
Asian
13.6%[10]
Black
47.2%[10]
Any other ethnic group
5.7%[10]
Unclassified
1.5%[10]

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.