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Plumstead Manor School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 41 41.0 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
41 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
35.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
12.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.65 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 33.4[6] 21.7%[6]
2023/24 36.2[4] 29.6%[4] -0.65[4]
2022/23 38[7] 32%[7] -0.69[7]
2021/22 41.6[8] 38%[8] -0.48[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
12.8% 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 C-[10] 1.8%[10]
2022/23 D+[11] 5%[11]
2021/22 C-[12] 1.5%[12]
2018/19 C-[13] 5.8%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
48% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
28% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
10% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 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 91%[15] 58%[15] 19%[15] 8%[15] 1%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 91%[16] 59%[16] 19%[16] 8%[16] 2%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 94%[17] 60%[17] 20%[17] 12%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 94%[18] 63%[18] 19%[18] 9%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
83% 2022/23[19]
Education
61% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[19]
Employment
20% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 84%[20] 57%[20] 2%[20] 25%[20]
2020/21 89%[21] 66%[21] 4%[21] 19%[21]
2019/20 86%[22] 67%[22] 5%[22] 14%[22]
2018/19 78%[23] 61%[23] 1%[23] 16%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
69% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
9% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
12% 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 78%[26] 15%[26]
2019/20 75%[25] 13%[25] 12%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 75%[27] 9%[27] 7%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 79%[28] 12%[28] 10%[28] 0%[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
9 May 2018[29]
Type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[29]
Report published
11 Jun 2018[29]
Outcomes for pupils
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
16 - 19 study programmes
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Personal development, behaviour and welfare
Good[29]
Quality of teaching, learning and assessment
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
Date not published[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] Requires improvement[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.7 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
377 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
122 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
221 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.6 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 438[31] 137[31] 218[31] 2.0[31] 0.6[31]
Entry Sept 2024 546[31] 171[31] 224[31] 2.4[31] 0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2023 552[31] 192[31] 222[31] 2.5[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2022 543[31] 185[31] 230[31] 2.4[31] 0.8[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1500[1]
Local authority
Greenwich[1]
Website
http://www.plumsteadmanor.com[1]
District
Greenwich[32]
Postcode
SE18 1QF[1]
URN
100183[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1454 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
56.5% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
15.2% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
4.1% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
45.8% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
42.7%[34]
Mixed
16.1%[34]
Asian
16.8%[34]
Black
21.3%[34]
Any other ethnic group
2.7%[34]
Unclassified
0.4%[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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    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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    Quote
    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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