St Paul's Academy
0.3 miles1,066 pupils · Attainment 8 40.4 (2024/25)
Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)
Independent · Senior · Greenwich
Pulse and Water College
Independent school · Ages 11 to 18 · Mixed · 13 pupils
At a glance
- Type
- Independent school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 13 census January 2024
- Capacity
- 55
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Head
- Dr Temi Ladenika
- Address
- 138 Eynsham Drive, Abbey Wood, Greenwich, SE2 9PT
- Borough
- Greenwich
- Telephone
- 02083172639
- DfE reference (URN)
- 141315
- Website
- pulseandwater.co.uk
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Admissions
Independent schools run their own admissions. You register directly with the school, usually for a fee, and the school sets its own deadlines, assessments and offer dates, which are separate from the borough process.
Inspection
Ofsted report card, inspected 28 April 2026
Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade. The report card grades each area on a five-point scale.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Safeguarding standards: Met.
Independent School Standards, checked 28 April 2026: All standards Met
Ofsted graded inspection, 4 July 2023: overall effectiveness at that inspection was Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Source: Ofsted, Management information - non-association independent schools - as at 31 July 2026: most recent inspections data as at 31 July 2026 · most recent inspections as at 2026-07-31 · last checked 9 October 2026
Pupils and context
- Receiving SEN support
- 25%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 25%
- Girls / boys
- 17% / 83%
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census 2024/25
Nearby schools
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