Eltham Hill School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–19 · London, Greenwich
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.64 miles
Published by Royal Borough of Greenwich · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Eltham Hill School is a secondary school in London, Greenwich for ages 11–19 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 13 March 2024. Greenwich has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Eltham Hill School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.64 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 1.64 miles away, the 7th longest of 13 Greenwich secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2022, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 5 years.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026 there were 259 first-choice applications for 217 offers; 173 offers went to first-choice families, and 86 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 58% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Greenwich.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Greenwich schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Eltham Hill, London, SE9 5EE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Greenwich
- Pupils on roll
- 1,350 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Inspected 13 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive in this supportive and respectful community.”
- “Staff work with great dedication to ensure that pupils have the academic and emotional support they need.”
- “In the main school, and in the sixth form, pupils demonstrate a high level of maturity and self-regulation.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 58% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 52.3 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 259 first-preference applications, 217 offers in total, 173 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Greenwich.
- Harris Academy Greenwich 0.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Halley 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thomas Tallis School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leigh Stationers' Academy 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Ark Greenwich Free School 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Blackheath 1.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The John Roan School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published