Plumstead Manor School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–19 · London, Greenwich
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
4.40 miles
Published by Royal Borough of Greenwich · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Plumstead Manor School is a secondary school in London, Greenwich for ages 11–19 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 14 June 2023. Greenwich has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Plumstead Manor 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 | 4.40 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
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 4.40 miles away, the 3rd longest of 13 Greenwich secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 figure was further than in 2025 and the longest of the 5 years with a published distance, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Year 7 entry in 2026 had 122 first-choice applications for 221 offers; 121 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 22% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), lowest 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
- Old Mill Road, London, SE18 1QF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Greenwich
- Pupils on roll
- 1,413 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 14 June 2023
Strengths
- “The school is a welcoming place, where pupils are kept safe.”
- “Pupils in Years 10 and 11 have positive attitudes to their learning.”
- “In the sixth form, students achieve well through a coherent curriculum.”
To improve
- “Leaders’ ambitions for pupils’ behaviour are not fully realised across the school.”
- “In Years 7 to 9, pupils do not routinely work hard and pay attention during lessons.”
- “Many pupils shared that they do not enjoy their experience at school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 October 2023 (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) | 22% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 33.4 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | 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: 122 first-preference applications, 221 offers in total, 121 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.
- St Paul's Academy 1.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Ark Greenwich Free School 1.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Woolwich Polytechnic School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Royal Greenwich Trust School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Halley 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Leigh Stationers' Academy 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Blackheath 2.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published