George Green's School
Secondary · Voluntary controlled school · Mixed · Tower Hamlets
100 Manchester Road, London, E14 3DW
66
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
97%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
92.9%
23.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,256
Capacity used
Over capacity101%
1,239 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
97%
1st preference success rate
159 of 164 families who put it first got an offer
197
Places offered
348
Total applications
1.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 164 | 159 | ● 97% |
| 2nd preference | 71 | 29 | ● 41% |
| 3rd preference | 41 | 4 | ● 10% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 72 | 5 | ● 7% |
| Total | 348 | 197 | 57% |
1st preference success by year
Tower Hamlets lets families list 6 preferences. 12 applications came from outside the council area (2 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Jon Ryder
- Address
- 100 Manchester Road, Isle of Dogs, London, E14 3DW
- Phone
- 02079876032
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Ward / constituency
- Island Gardens · Poplar and Limehouse
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 100974
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 50% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 66% | — | — |
| SEN support | 21% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,256 pupils · 1,239 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
25 May 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,055 pupils
Attendance
92.9%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
23.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.3%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.5%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 46.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.06 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 52% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 72% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.13 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 33.50 | — | — |
Average grade: C+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 49 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 51.8% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 75.6% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 59.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.53 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 193 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 36.42 | 35 |
| Average grade | B- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 10.8% | 17% |
| A-level students | 66 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 191 | 26% | 56% | 79% | |
| English Language | 191 | 20% | 62% | 81% | |
| English Literature | 189 | 27% | 72% | 85% | |
| Religious Studies | 183 | 18% | 54% | 67% | |
| Combined Science | 141 | 6% | 33% | 59% | |
| Geography | 100 | 23% | 44% | 60% | |
| History | 84 | 30% | 62% | 83% | |
| Spanish | 59 | 27% | 56% | 68% | |
| French | 54 | 9% | 28% | 56% | |
| Biology | 48 | 52% | 94% | 98% | |
| Physics | 48 | 40% | 92% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 48 | 42% | 85% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 34 | 12% | 35% | 50% | |
| English Literature | 20 | 0% | 10% | 50% | |
| Sociology | 19 | 11% | 26% | 74% | |
| Economics | 18 | 6% | 44% | 67% | |
| Biology | 17 | 0% | 0% | 47% | |
| Psychology | 16 | 0% | 0% | 25% | |
| Government and Politics | 15 | 0% | 20% | 73% | |
| Chemistry | 14 | 0% | 0% | 21% | |
| Physics | 12 | 8% | 33% | 58% | |
| History | 11 | 0% | 18% | 73% | |
| Geography | 8 | 0% | 0% | 63% | |
| Mathematics (Further) | 6 | 17% | 67% | 83% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 11836: George Green's School, Manchester Road, London
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 53% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 7% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 59% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Tower Hamlets council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.