St Paul's Academy[1]
Secondary · ages 11–16
Headline results
- Attainment 8
- A8 42 42.1 2025/26[2]
Results
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 42.1 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 36% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 6.8% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8
- -0.25 2023/24[3]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[4]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[4]
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ in English & maths | Grade 7+ in English & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 40.4[5] | 26.9%[5] | ||
| 2023/24 | 42.5[3] | 38.5%[3] | -0.25[3] | |
| 2022/23 | 43.8[6] | 33%[6] | +0.04[6] | |
| 2021/22 | 48.3[7] | 48%[7] | -0.12[7] |
Destinations after GCSEs
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 91% 2022/23[8]
- School sixth form
- 38% 2022/23[8]
- Sixth-form college
- 44% 2022/23[8]
- Further education college
- 8% 2022/23[8]
- Apprenticeship
- 0% 2021/22[9]
- Employment
- 2% 2020/21[10]
| Left in | Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment | School sixth form | Sixth-form college | Further education college | Apprenticeship | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 92%[9] | 40%[9] | 42%[9] | 9%[9] | 0%[9] | |
| 2020/21 | 96%[10] | 45%[10] | 37%[10] | 11%[10] | 1%[10] | 2%[10] |
| 2019/20 | 95%[11] | 35%[11] | 47%[11] | 11%[11] | 0%[11] | 1%[11] |
| 2018/19 | 93%[12] | 37%[12] | 37%[12] | 15%[12] | 1%[12] | 1%[12] |
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
- 25 May 2023[13]
- Type
- S5 Inspection[13]
- Report published
- 16 Jul 2023[13]
- Personal development
- Good[13]
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement[13]
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement[13]
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement[13]
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes[13]
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Good[13]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Year 7
- Applications per place
- 1.3 Entry Sept 2026[15]
- Applications (any preference)
- 265 Entry Sept 2026[15]
- First preferences
- 77 Entry Sept 2026[15]
- Places offered
- 202 Entry Sept 2026[15]
- First preferences per place
- 0.4 Entry Sept 2026[15]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 326[15] | 112[15] | 200[15] | 1.6[15] | 0.6[15] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 442[15] | 141[15] | 228[15] | 1.9[15] | 0.6[15] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 465[15] | 136[15] | 229[15] | 2.0[15] | 0.6[15] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 415[15] | 106[15] | 195[15] | 2.1[15] | 0.5[15] |
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Academy sponsor led[1]
- Ages
- 11–16[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Faith
- Roman Catholic[1]
- Admissions
- Non-selective[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 1200[1]
- Trust
- ST BENEDICT CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST[1]
- Local authority
- Greenwich[1]
- Website
- http://www.stpaulsacademy.org.uk/[1]
- District
- Greenwich[16]
- Postcode
- SE2 9PX[1]
- URN
- 105135[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 1119 2024/25[17]
- English as an additional language
- 27.4% 2024/25[17]
- SEN support
- 11.4% 2024/25[17]
- EHC plan
- 2.2% 2024/25[17]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 39.3% 2024/25[17]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 17.1%[18]
- Mixed
- 9.2%[18]
- Asian
- 4.6%[18]
- Black
- 52.3%[18]
- Any other ethnic group
- 1.9%[18]
- Unclassified
- 15%[18]
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.
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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: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2016/17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- 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.
- 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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- 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.