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The John Roan School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 46 46.3 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
46.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
45.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
16.9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.29 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 44.3[6] 38.4%[6]
2023/24 41.6[4] 33.3%[4] -0.29[4]
2022/23 46.9[7] 44%[7] +0.01[7]
2021/22 49.5[8] 55%[8] -0.02[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
14.3% 2024/25[3]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C+[9] 11.1%[9]
2022/23 C+[10] 16.4%[10]
2021/22 C+[11] 13.6%[11]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[12]
School sixth form
54% 2022/23[12]
Sixth-form college
23% 2022/23[12]
Further education college
13% 2022/23[12]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[12]
Employment
1% 2022/23[12]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 94%[13] 58%[13] 13%[13] 19%[13] 2%[13]
2020/21 93%[14] 55%[14] 18%[14] 15%[14] 2%[14]
2019/20 95%[15] 51%[15] 22%[15] 18%[15] 1%[15]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
86% 2022/23[16]
Education
61% 2022/23[16]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[16]
Employment
24% 2022/23[16]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 76%[17] 53%[17] 4%[17] 18%[17]
2020/21 88%[18] 69%[18] 1%[18] 18%[18]
2019/20 84%[19] 76%[19] 0%[19] 8%[19]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
73% 2021/22[20]
Top third of most selective universities
29% 2021/22[20]
Russell Group universities
7% 2019/20[21]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[21]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 76%[22] 24%[22]
2019/20 83%[21] 12%[21] 7%[21] 0%[21]

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
10 Oct 2023[23]
Type
Academy First Section 5[23]
Report published
20 Nov 2023[23]
Personal development
Good[23]
Quality of education
Good[23]
Overall effectiveness
Good[23]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[23]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[23]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[23]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[23]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.5 Entry Sept 2026[24]
Applications (any preference)
593 Entry Sept 2026[24]
First preferences
118 Entry Sept 2026[24]
Places offered
170 Entry Sept 2026[24]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[24]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 719[24] 168[24] 166[24] 4.3[24] 1.0[24]
Entry Sept 2024 609[24] 140[24] 167[24] 3.6[24] 0.8[24]
Entry Sept 2023 506[24] 101[24] 169[24] 3.0[24] 0.6[24]
Entry Sept 2022 426[24] 88[24] 206[24] 2.1[24] 0.4[24]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
180 Entry Sept 2027[25]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1400[1]
Trust
UNITED LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority
Greenwich[1]
Website
http://www.thejohnroanschool.org.uk[1]
District
Greenwich[26]
Postcode
SE3 7QR[1]
URN
147439[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1156 2024/25[27]
English as an additional language
34.1% 2024/25[27]
SEN support
18.9% 2024/25[27]
EHC plan
4.6% 2024/25[27]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
41.8% 2024/25[27]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
49.3%[28]
Mixed
15.5%[28]
Asian
4.8%[28]
Black
23.9%[28]
Any other ethnic group
4.6%[28]
Unclassified
2%[28]

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: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. 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.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  23. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  24. 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.
  25. thejohnroanschool.org.uk: thejohnroanschool.org.uk — Admissions Policy 2027-28 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    Admissions Number The published admission number for Year 7 is 180. (p. 2)
  26. 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.
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  28. 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.