Saint Mary Magdalene Church of England All Through School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school London, Greenwich·SE18 5PW
Composite score
36.4
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#11,996
National rank
#1581
In London
#62
In Greenwich
Top 81%
Nationally

Primary performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
47%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
46 first choices, 46 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
103
any preference, for 46 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8820220.8320230.9320240.9520251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Saint Mary Magdalene Church of England All Through School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Getting a place

Last place offered lived
3.41 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 5480 m

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Secondary performance (KS4 GCSE)

Saint Mary Magdalene Church of England All Through School is an all-through school covering ages 3–18, so it has two sets of results. The headline score above reflects its primary (KS2) results, ranked against other primaries; its GCSE (KS4) results — ranked separately against other secondaries — are shown here.

#2,017
National rank
#389
In London
#13
In Greenwich
Top 64%
Nationally
Attainment 8 score
43.3
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
39%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
65%
% EBacc grade 5+
9%
EBacc average points score
3.60

School profile

Age range
3–18
Pupils on roll
1,667
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
48.0%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
47.3%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.6%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.3%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.2%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
22.0%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.1
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£9,788
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
90%
168 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
90%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
0%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby primary schools

Location

School overview

Saint Mary Magdalene Church of England All Through School is an all-through school serving London, Greenwich, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. It has 1,667 pupils aged 3 to 18 on roll. 47% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 16.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 43.3, broadly in line with the national average of 46. On our composite score, Saint Mary Magdalene Church of England All Through School ranks in the lower half of primary schools nationally for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). At Key Stage 4, 39% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Saint Mary Magdalene Church of England All Through School their first choice was offered one of its 46 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.2%. There are about 14.1 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 48% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Saint Mary Magdalene Church of England All Through School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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