Ark Greenwich Free School
Free schools · 615 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 68.2
Voluntary aided school
St Ursula's Convent School
- Pupils on roll
- 481of 675 places
- Free school meals
- 29.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 116
- Ofsted
- Report card, 18 November 2025Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Strong standardAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
What the data says
St Ursula's Convent School has no sixth form. Of the 122 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 34% moved to a sixth form college, 3% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 34% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 55.1 against 46.1 across England and 46.9 in Greenwich, with 62% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 99% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Greenwich and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | St Ursula's Convent School | Greenwich | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 122 | 2,852 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 97% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 97% | 89% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 57% | 53% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 34% | 20% | 13% |
| — further education college | 3% | 14% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 2% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | St Ursula's Convent School | Greenwich | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 55.1 | 46.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 62% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 84% | 48% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.09 | 4.20 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 20% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 48.9 | 39.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 56.6 | 50.7 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 21% | 28% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 116 | 100% | 88% | 23% | 22% | 74% |
| English Language | 115 | 99% | 89% | 38% | 20% | 90% |
| Religious Studies | 115 | 99% | 31% | 42% | 32% | 81% |
| English Literature | 113 | 97% | 86% | 42% | 21% | 91% |
| Combined Science | 78 | 67% | 65% | 5% | 9% | 63% |
| History | 70 | 60% | 41% | 29% | 26% | 69% |
| French | 61 | 53% | 18% | 16% | 29% | 64% |
| Geography | 40 | 34% | 41% | 33% | 25% | 90% |
| Spanish | 39 | 34% | 19% | 49% | 27% | 90% |
| Biology | 36 | 31% | 23% | 56% | 45% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 36 | 31% | 23% | 58% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 36 | 31% | 23% | 36% | 46% | 100% |
| Computer Science | 26 | 22% | 13% | 19% | 30% | 81% |
| Drama | 23 | 20% | 7% | 9% | 27% | 52% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 21 | 18% | 8% | 19% | 21% | 76% |
| Fine Art | 19 | 16% | 9% | 47% | 28% | 89% |
| Music | 17 | 15% | 5% | 29% | 33% | 65% |
| Physical Education | 11 | 9% | 11% | 0% | 24% | 82% |
| Polish | 6 | 5% | 1% | 100% | 84% | 100% |
| Italian | 5 | 4% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Astronomy | 3 | 3% | 0% | — | 29% | — |
| Russian | 2 | 2% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 15 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Greenwich
Eltham Hill School
Community school · sixth form · 1,350 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.3
Harris Academy Greenwich
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,138 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.9
Leigh Academy Blackheath
Free schools · sixth form · 1,060 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.0
Leigh Academy Halley
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 987 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.4
Leigh Stationers' Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,764 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.7
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.