St Paul's Academy
St Paul's Academy is a secondary school (Academy sponsor led), ages 11–16, in London, SE2, in the Greenwich council area. It has 1,066 pupils in the published census. Latest Ofsted inspection (25 May 2023): Requires improvement. It is listed as non-selective.
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Admissions
| Entry year | Last distance offered | Places (PAN) | Applications | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
2023 | All offered | Not published | 469 | Not published |
2022 | Not published | 240 | Not published | Not published |
Distances are in miles (mi), as in the map app. PAN is the published admission number. Bands and admission groups have separate criteria; school-wide places, applications and offers are not counts for each band. Past offers are a guide, not a promise of a place.
Distance criteria rank applicants by home-to-school distance measured to the school's main entrance, with one nodal-point exception (James Wolfe School, below); the booklets give the last offer in km (secondary) and m (primary). Where a school admits to split sites (Heronsgate, Invicta, Plumcroft primary schools), distance is measured to whichever site is nearer the applicant's home. James Wolfe School measures "using the main entrance to the former Greenwich Town Hall, Meridian House, Royal Hill (SE10)" rather than either of its two school sites -- a genuine nodal point (Royal Greenwich Determined Admission Arrangements 2025/26, section 2.5.3). Four secondary academies (Harris Academy Greenwich, Leigh Academy Blackheath, Leigh Halley Academy (formerly The Halley Academy), Leigh Stationers' Academy (formerly Stationers' Crown Woods Academy)) use ability banding from a Year 6 test, with distance used only to rank within each band. St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive School and St Ursula's Convent School "do not offer places based on home to school distance" at all (Royal Greenwich secondary school offers map page) -- their published booklet profiles show no applications/distance figures.
No applications, admission-number or distance-of-last-offer figures published for this school this year (this school's booklet profile leaves these fields blank; per the council's secondary-school offers map, St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive School and St Ursula's Convent School do not offer places based on home to school distance at all).
Greenwich admissions information and published allocations
Ofsted
Requires improvement — inspected 25 May 2023.
| Area | Judgement |
|---|---|
Overall effectiveness | Requires improvement |
Quality of education | Requires improvement |
Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
Personal development | Good |
Leadership and management | Good |
Safeguarding effective | Yes |
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Term dates
This school’s term and holiday dates, INSET days where known, and a calendar you can subscribe to, on TermMinder.
Results
| Measure | Result | Academic year |
|---|---|---|
Progress 8 | -0.25 | 2023/24 |
Attainment 8 | 40.4 | 2024/25 |
GCSE grade 5+ in English & maths (%) | 26.9 | 2024/25 |
KS4 pupils | 238 | 2024/25 |
Progress 8 compares progress with pupils who had similar primary results; 0 is the national average. Its publication year can differ from the other GCSE results above.
Pupils
| Measure | Pupils / percentage | Data period |
|---|---|---|
Pupils | 1,066 | 2025/26 |
Eligible for free school meals | 38.8% | 2025/26 |
English as an additional language | 24.8% | 2025/26 |
SEN support | 11.35% | 2024/25 |
Education, health and care (EHC) plan | 2.23% | 2024/25 |
Nearby schools
Other schools in the same council and phase. Ordered by distance where coordinates are available, then by name; locations may be postcode centres.