Eltham Hill School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 12 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Greenwich
Unique reference
100182
Address
Eltham Hill, SE9 5EE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1304 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
2.9%
Girls
97.1%
First language not English
19.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
22%
Persistent absence
16.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
21.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 40.9%
Mixed 13.2%
African 13.1%
Other White 13%
Other Asian 4.4%
Caribbean 3.5%
Other 2.6%
Chinese 2.1%
Unclassified 1.8%
Other Black 1.7%
Pakistani 1.5%
Indian 1.3%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Irish 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 56%
Local authority average 48%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 58%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.2
Local authority average 46.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.73
Local authority average 4.19
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award5
Health StudiesTechnical Award16
Sports StudiesTechnical Award13
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE23
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE47
AstronomyGCSE3
BiologyGCSE48
Business Studies:SingleGCSE23
ChemistryGCSE48
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Eltham Hill School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
213
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
280
2nd preference
165
3rd preference
136
From another Local Authority
318
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
174
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
14
To another Local Authority
60
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
225
0
225
Year 8
222
0
222
Year 9
207
0
207
Year 10
201
0
201
Year 11
206
0
206
Year 12
130
26
104
Year 13
113
12
101
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
88.7%
85.5%
Further education
16.0%
14.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
69.0%
54.0%
35.2%
Sixth form college
7.0%
20.3%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.1%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.2%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.2%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
3.8%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
82.0%
71.2%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
16.0%
17.4%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.3%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022