Deptford Green School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 26 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
881 (72% of total capacity)
Boys
52.3%
Girls
47.7%
First language not English
32.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
43.6%
Persistent absence
20.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.1%
Pupil ethnicities
Mixed 22.9%
White British 19.8%
African 16.8%
Other White 13.2%
Caribbean 11.1%
Other 8.7%
Other Asian 2.4%
Other Black 1.8%
Unclassified 1.2%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
Pakistani 0.5%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Indian 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 46%
Local authority average 54%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 42%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.7
Local authority average 46.6
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.42
Local authority average 4.29
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE17
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE20
BiologyGCSE20
ChemistryGCSE20
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE14
Design & TechnologyGCSE20
English LanguageGCSE163
English LiteratureGCSE163
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Deptford Green School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
167
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
132
2nd preference
137
3rd preference
106
From another Local Authority
133
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
125
2nd preference
22
3rd preference
13
To another Local Authority
35
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 classes26.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
178
97
81
Year 8
177
87
90
Year 9
178
97
81
Year 10
175
85
90
Year 11
173
95
78
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
89.5%
85.5%
Further education
30.0%
19.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
35.0%
44.5%
35.2%
Sixth form college
25.0%
25.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
1.2%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.2%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
3.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023