Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls

At a glance

Type

Free school (state-funded)

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11 to 16

Gender

Girls

Pupils

1,120 census January 2026

Capacity

1,200

Admissions policy

Non-selective

Head

Ms Lizaan Williams

Trust

POLYMAT

Address

1 Birchdene Drive, Thamesmead, SE28 8RF

Borough

Greenwich

Telephone

02080592800

DfE reference (URN)

143686

Website

woolwichpolygirls.co.uk

Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026

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Key dates for 2027 entry

Year 7 (11+)

1. Application deadlineSaturday 31 October 2026Closes in 21 days

   National closing date for Year 7 applications: Saturday 31 October 2026. Apply through your home borough's coordinated scheme (eAdmissions), not directly to the school.

   Source: Your borough's admissions page · checked 9 Oct 2026

2. National offer dayMonday 1 March 2027Upcoming

   Secondary National Offer Day: Monday 1 March 2027. Offers are released by your home borough.

   Source: Your borough's admissions page · checked 9 Oct 2026

3. Accept your offerMonday 15 March 2027Open

   Deadline to accept your secondary offer: Monday 15 March 2027.

   Source: Your borough's admissions page · checked 9 Oct 2026

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A status ("Closes in 12 days") is shown only for a closing date we have checked, worked out from today's date, 10 October 2026. Other dates are printed as the school published them, with its own wording beside them. Dates given only as "early January" are shown as approximate and never counted down. Always confirm with the school or council.

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Admissions

You apply through the council where you live, not to the school, naming up to six schools in order on one form. Every applicant on time hears on the same national offer day.

134 first-preference applications and 308 applications naming it at any preference for 192 places offered (September 2026 entry, DfE)

These are counts of applications and offers on national offer day. They are not a chance of getting in: places are allocated by the school's published admissions criteria, such as siblings, distance or faith.

Source: Department for Education, Secondary and primary school applications and offers · entry years up to 2026/27 · last checked 9 October 2026

Greenwich: Year 7 offers, September 2026 entry

Across the borough, 60.2% of applicants were offered their first preference and 88.2% were offered one of their preferences (3,054 applications). These are borough-wide figures, not a forecast for any school or child.

Source: Department for Education, Secondary and primary schools applications and offers 2026 · entry years 2014/15 to 2026/27 (release published 2026-06-18) · last checked 9 October 2026

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Inspection

Source: Ofsted, Management information - state-funded schools - latest inspections as at 31 August 2026 · latest inspections as at 2026-08-31 · last checked 9 October 2026

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Results

GCSE (key stage 4), 2024/25

• Attainment 8 score2023/24: 52.6
  47.5This school46.9Greenwich46.1England, state-funded
• % achieving grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs2023/24: 62%
  45%This school46%Greenwich45%England, state-funded
• % achieving grade 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs2023/24: 79%
  68%This school65%Greenwich65%England, state-funded
• % entering the English Baccalaureate2023/24: 23%
  24%This school48%Greenwich40%England, state-funded
• EBacc average point score2023/24: 4.55
  4.07This school4.20Greenwich4.09England, state-funded

Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · academic year 2024/25 · 237 pupils in the cohort

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Pupils and context

Eligible for free school meals

42.2% January 2026

English as an additional language

18.9%

Receiving SEN support

11.9%

With an Education, Health and Care Plan

2.1%

Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census 2024/25

Attendance and staffing

Overall absence

7.6% 2024/25

Persistently absent (missed 10% or more)

23.3%

Pupils per teacher

16.1 2025/26

Source: Department for Education, Absence rates by school level · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026

Places

Places

1,210

Pupils on roll

1,173

Source: Department for Education, Capacity - school / Sixth form capacity - school · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · position at 1 May, 2024/25

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Nearby schools

Schools covering the same ages within about a mile, by straight-line distance (not walking or travel time).

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Compare with similar schools

Side-by-side comparisons with the nearest schools of the same type. Sourced facts only; no winner is declared.

• Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls and St Paul's Academy0.7 miles apart
• Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls and Riverside School1.3 miles apart
• Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls and Plumstead Manor School1.7 miles apart
• Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls and London Design and Engineering UTC1.9 miles apart

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