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Woolwich Polytechnic School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 45 45.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
45.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
48.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
19.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.04 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 45.2[6] 46.6%[6]
2023/24 44.4[4] 49.8%[4] -0.04[4]
2022/23 46.5[7] 56%[7] -0.07[7]
2021/22 52.1[8] 64%[8] +0.15[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
8.1% 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 B-[10] 11.7%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 4.9%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 5.3%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 4%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
54% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
19% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
18% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 2021/22[15]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 90%[15] 66%[15] 8%[15] 13%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 94%[16] 69%[16] 12%[16] 10%[16] 1%[16] 3%[16]
2019/20 95%[17] 68%[17] 17%[17] 7%[17] 3%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 94%[18] 59%[18] 19%[18] 13%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
85% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
64% 2022/23[19]
Education
66% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
8% 2022/23[19]
Employment
11% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 87%[20] 66%[20] 69%[20] 5%[20] 13%[20]
2020/21 92%[21] 73%[21] 81%[21] 1%[21] 11%[21]
2019/20 90%[22] 68%[22] 76%[22] 2%[22] 12%[22]
2018/19 88%[23] 68%[23] 72%[23] 2%[23] 14%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
76% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
17% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
27% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 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 88%[26] 27%[26]
2019/20 83%[25] 29%[25] 27%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 82%[27] 16%[27] 13%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 81%[28] 24%[28] 19%[28] 1%[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
12 Mar 2024[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
13 May 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
30 Jan 2019[30] Exempt School Inspection[30] Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
200 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
79 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
226 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.3 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 258[31] 98[31] 228[31] 1.1[31] 0.4[31]
Entry Sept 2024 351[31] 146[31] 229[31] 1.5[31] 0.6[31]
Entry Sept 2023 413[31] 144[31] 228[31] 1.8[31] 0.6[31]
Entry Sept 2022 384[31] 158[31] 217[31] 1.8[31] 0.7[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Boys[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1820[1]
Trust
POLYMAT[1]
Local authority
Greenwich[1]
Website
http://woolwichpoly.co.uk/[1]
District
Greenwich[32]
Postcode
SE28 8AT[1]
URN
141163[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1592 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
24.6% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
17.2% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
3% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
36.6% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
16.4%[34]
Mixed
8.8%[34]
Asian
17%[34]
Black
50.3%[34]
Any other ethnic group
4.9%[34]
Unclassified
2.6%[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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