Graveney School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Nov 30 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Wandsworth
Unique reference
137005
Address
Welham Road, Tooting, SW17 9BU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
2343 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
51.1%
Girls
48.9%
First language not English
16.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.3%
Persistent absence
16.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 34.9%
Other White 14.6%
Mixed 12.8%
Pakistani 9%
African 7.7%
Other Asian 5.7%
Caribbean 3.9%
Indian 3.5%
Other 2.8%
Other Black 1.4%
Unclassified 1.3%
Bangladeshi 1%
Irish 0.7%
Chinese 0.7%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 82%
Local authority average 62%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 78%
Local authority average 57%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 63.8
Local authority average 51.7
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 6.1
Local authority average 4.85
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award7
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE31
AstronomyGCSE12
BiologyGCSE146
ChemistryGCSE145
ChineseGCSE3
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE59
Design & TechnologyGCSE37
EconomicsGCSE93
English LanguageGCSE285
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Graveney School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
276
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
600
2nd preference
381
3rd preference
288
From another Local Authority
869
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
257
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
84
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 classes22.2
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
284
153
131
Year 8
284
149
135
Year 9
288
156
132
Year 10
287
155
132
Year 11
286
156
130
Year 12
494
234
260
Year 13
420
195
225
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
90.6%
85.5%
Further education
10.0%
16.7%
36.9%
School sixth form
81.0%
69.7%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
3.7%
12.9%
Other education destinations
SP
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
SP
0.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.4%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
3.4%
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
81.0%
75.6%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
43.0%
21.2%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
SP
1.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
0.6%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022