Plumstead Manor School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jun 14 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
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
100183
Address
Old Mill Road, SE18 1QF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1454 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
49.2%
Girls
50.8%
First language not English
56.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
35.8%
Persistent absence
29.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 27%
African 16.6%
Mixed 15.3%
Other White 13.8%
Other Asian 9%
Indian 3.1%
Pakistani 3%
Other 2.9%
Caribbean 2.5%
Other Black 2.3%
Gypsy/Roma 2.1%
Bangladeshi 1.9%
Chinese 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 23%
Local authority average 48%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 22%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 33.3
Local authority average 46.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 2.71
Local authority average 4.19
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award44
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award23
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE26
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE21
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE1
AstronomyGCSE1
BiologyGCSE52
Business Studies:SingleGCSE54
ChemistryGCSE51
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Plumstead Manor School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
218
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
137
2nd preference
93
3rd preference
77
From another Local Authority
36
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
137
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
9
To another Local Authority
8
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 classes22.1
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
238
125
113
Year 8
267
143
124
Year 9
235
110
125
Year 10
237
124
113
Year 11
234
120
114
Year 12
118
51
67
Year 13
125
42
83
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
88.7%
85.5%
Further education
10.0%
14.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
48.0%
54.0%
35.2%
Sixth form college
28.0%
20.3%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.1%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.2%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.2%
5.7%
Destination unknown
7.0%
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
69.0%
71.2%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
9.0%
17.4%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
0.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.3%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022