Deptford Green School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 27 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Not applicable
Local authority
Lewisham
Unique reference
100740
Address
Edward Street, New Cross, SE14 6AN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
903 (72% of total capacity)
Boys
53.6%
Girls
46.4%
First language not English
33.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
38.3%
Persistent absence
24.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 20%
Mixed 18.4%
African 14.3%
Other White 13.6%
Caribbean 10.2%
Other 10.1%
Unclassified 7.8%
Other Black 2.1%
Other Asian 1.9%
Chinese 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Pakistani 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Indian 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.16
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 26%
Local authority average 52%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.4
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.8
Local authority average 4.11
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award1
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE14
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE20
BiologyGCSE28
ChemistryGCSE28
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE14
Design & TechnologyGCSE45
English LanguageGCSE174
English LiteratureGCSE173
FrenchGCSE34
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Deptford Green School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
170
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
158
2nd preference
132
3rd preference
119
From another Local Authority
156
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
141
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
39
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.4
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
192
107
85
Year 8
176
89
87
Year 9
178
93
85
Year 10
180
94
86
Year 11
177
101
76
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
91.4%
86.5%
Further education
29.0%
21.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
37.0%
49.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
22.0%
19.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
4.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022
Review your area