Ark Greenwich Free School
Free schools · 615 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 68.2
Academy sponsor led
St Paul's Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,066of 1,200 places
- Free school meals
- 38.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 238
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement, 25 May 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: St Paul's Catholic School (URN 100194).
What the data says
Of the 225 pupils who finished Year 11 at St Paul's Academy in 2023, 44% moved to a sixth form college and 8% to a further education college.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 44% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 98% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 40.4 against 46.1 across England and 46.9 in Greenwich, with 27% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 Greenwich and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | St Paul's Academy | Greenwich | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 225 | 2,852 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 91% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 90% | 89% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 38% | 53% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 44% | 20% | 13% |
| — further education college | 8% | 14% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | — | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | — | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | St Paul's Academy | Greenwich | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 40.4 | 46.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 27% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 50% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 52% | 48% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.44 | 4.20 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 33% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 36.8 | 39.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 42.2 | 50.7 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 34% | 28% | 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 238 | 100% | 88% | 8% | 22% | 59% |
| English Language | 238 | 100% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 56% |
| English Literature | 237 | 100% | 86% | 12% | 21% | 65% |
| Combined Science | 237 | 100% | 65% | 10% | 9% | 47% |
| Religious Studies | 234 | 98% | 31% | 27% | 32% | 67% |
| Spanish | 128 | 54% | 19% | 10% | 27% | 47% |
| History | 122 | 51% | 41% | 13% | 26% | 41% |
| Computer Science | 82 | 34% | 13% | 6% | 30% | 39% |
| Geography | 76 | 32% | 41% | 7% | 25% | 34% |
| Business Studies | 53 | 22% | 18% | 0% | 20% | 13% |
| Drama | 40 | 17% | 7% | 3% | 27% | 53% |
| Physical Education | 35 | 15% | 11% | 31% | 24% | 97% |
| Fine Art | 24 | 10% | 9% | 4% | 28% | 42% |
| Music | 17 | 7% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 41% |
| Design and Technology | 16 | 7% | 11% | 6% | 23% | 38% |
| Portuguese | 4 | 2% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| French | 4 | 2% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
| Astronomy | 3 | 1% | 0% | — | 29% | — |
| Polish | 3 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Russian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Punjabi | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 48% | — |
| German | 1 | 0% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 131 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 53 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 40 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 17 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 15 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Greenwich
Eltham Hill School
Community school · sixth form · 1,350 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.3
Harris Academy Greenwich
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,138 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.9
Leigh Academy Blackheath
Free schools · sixth form · 1,060 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.0
Leigh Academy Halley
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 987 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.4
Leigh Stationers' Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,764 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.7
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.