Secondary
St Paul's Academy
Finchale Road, Abbey Wood, London, SE2 9PX
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1066 of 1200 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.0
- Local authority
- Greenwich
- Religious character
- Yes
- Trust
- ST BENEDICT CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Southwark
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 74.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 104.5
- Pupils per adult
- 10.7
- Pupils
- 1,120
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2023
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
27%
26 points below the London average (53% across 239 schools)
40.4
10.7 below the London average (51.1 across 239 schools)
234th of 239 by our score, among the secondary schools in London we can score - 299 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 40.4 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.44 |
| Entered the EBacc | 52% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 50% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 27% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 48% |
| 22/23 | 33% |
| 23/24 | 39% |
| 24/25 | 27% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.12 |
| 22/23 | +0.04 |
| 23/24 | -0.25 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 48.3 |
| 22/23 | 43.8 |
| 23/24 | 42.5 |
| 24/25 | 40.4 |
Finchale Road, Abbey Wood, London, SE2 9PX
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Greenwich admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Anton Innocent
- Address
- Finchale Road, Abbey Wood, London, SE2 9PX
- Telephone
- 02083113868