Community school

Deptford Green School

Mixed · ages 11–16Lewisham, London · London SE14 6ANSchool website
Pupils on roll
888of 900 places
Free school meals
45.6%
Year 11 cohort 2025
163
Ofsted
Good, 26 April 2022Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 175 pupils who finished Year 11 at Deptford Green School in 2023, 25% moved to a sixth form college, 30% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.

Spanish is unusually popular at GCSE: 38% of the year group took it, against 19% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 47.7 against 46.1 across England and 46.7 in Lewisham, with 42% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: 1% took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% 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 Lewisham and England.

Deptford Green School
Lewisham
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureDeptford Green SchoolLewishamEngland
Pupils in the cohort1752,282607,348
Any sustained destination93%93%92%
Stayed in education92%91%86%
— school sixth form35%43%34%
— sixth form college25%24%13%
— further education college30%19%37%
— other education2%4%2%
Apprenticeship1%1%3%
Employment0%1%3%
No sustained destination5%4%6%
Destination unknown2%3%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureDeptford Green SchoolLewishamEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)47.746.746.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths42%45%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths58%63%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects46%54%41%
EBacc average point score4.434.304.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort40%38%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils38.937.934.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils53.552.150.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language37%30%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language163100%89%15%20%69%
Mathematics163100%88%17%22%60%
English Literature163100%86%15%21%78%
Combined Science14388%65%9%9%62%
History7345%41%27%26%64%
Geography7244%41%28%25%68%
Spanish6238%19%60%27%92%
French5232%18%37%29%85%
Drama2515%7%12%27%84%
Biology2012%23%50%45%100%
Chemistry2012%23%50%47%100%
Design and Technology2012%11%15%23%25%
Textiles2012%2%10%27%80%
Physics2012%23%50%46%100%
Photography1710%6%18%19%71%
Fine Art1710%9%18%28%65%
Sociology1710%4%41%21%94%
Film Studies1610%1%19%20%56%
Computer Science149%13%21%30%79%
Music96%5%33%33%78%
Portuguese32%0%50%
Turkish32%0%71%
German21%5%33%
Polish11%1%84%
Italian11%0%53%
Arabic11%1%47%
Chinese11%1%75%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Sports Studies36
Hospitality / Catering Studies30
Small Business Management23

Where Deptford Green School is

Other secondary schools in Lewisham are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Lewisham’s allocation statistics.

Other secondary schools in Lewisham

Forest Hill School

Community school · sixth form · 1,080 pupils

90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.3

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.