Deptford Green School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · London, Lewisham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.94 miles
Published by Lewisham Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Deptford Green School is a secondary school in London, Lewisham for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 26 April 2022. Lewisham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2018 to 2026 entry.
Deptford Green 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 | 1.94 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 42% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Lewisham.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.94 miles away, the longest of the 4 Lewisham secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026 there were 150 first-choice applications for 168 offers; 137 offers went to first-choice families, and 13 first-choice families (9%) were not offered a place.
- 45.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, while the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Lewisham is 31.1%.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Lewisham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Edward Street, New Cross, London, SE14 6AN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Lewisham
- Pupils on roll
- 888 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 26 April 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are safe and well cared for at this school.”
- “They value the strong professional relationships that they have with their teachers and other adults at the school.”
- “Pupils know that staff are there to support and guide them.”
To improve
- “A small number of pupils in Years 7 to 9 do not have the same opportunities to access the full curriculum as their peers.”
- “Pupils are withdrawn from lessons, in particular modern foreign languages, to have additional support in reading and writing.”
- “Leaders have not managed to prioritise reading without narrowing the curriculum for pupils who are weak readers and need to catch up.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 June 2022 (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) | 42% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47.7 | 46 |
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: 150 first-preference applications, 168 offers in total, 137 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 Lewisham.
- Addey and Stanhope School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Haberdashers' Hatcham College 0.8 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Prendergast School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sydenham School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Forest Hill School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Conisborough College 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sedgehill Academy 3.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Bonus Pastor Catholic College 3.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published