Greenvale School
Waters Road, Catford, London, SE6 1UF
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Katie Denton
- SEN provision
- VI - Visual Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Lewisham East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Pupils on roll
- 216
- URN
- 100765
- Local authority
- Lewisham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02084650740
About this school
Greenvale School is a community special school in London. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 216 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 24 November 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Outstanding. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 27 | 20 | 25 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | 0.0 | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | -1.62 -2.34 to -0.90 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | 0% | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | 0% | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | 0% | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | 0.0 | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Greenvale School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 199 |
| 2023/24 | 214 |
| 2024/25 | 214 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 58.39%
- English as an additional language
- 33.2%
- Overall absence
- 8.99%
- Persistent absence
- 33.33%
Location
Nearby schools
-
New Woodlands School0.3 miles
Special schools · Bromley
-
Drumbeat School and ASD Service0.4 miles
Special schools · London
-
The Young Women's Hub0.8 miles
Special schools · Lewisham
-
The Anchor SENDfriendly Centre1.0 miles
Special schools · London
-
Watergate School1.2 miles
Special schools · London
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Common questions
- What year groups does Greenvale School teach?
- Greenvale School teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a special school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Greenvale School?
- The headteacher of Greenvale School is Mrs Katie Denton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Greenvale School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Greenvale School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Greenvale School?
- Greenvale School has 216 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Greenvale School a faith school?
- No. Greenvale School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Greenvale School have?
- The schools register lists Greenvale School's special educational needs provision as: VI - Visual Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; PD - Physical Disability; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Greenvale School's absence rate?
- Greenvale School's overall absence rate is 9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Greenvale School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Greenvale School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.