September is an exciting time for parents and pupils as children head back to school after the summer break.

For many parents, their child may be stepping into secondary school for the first time.

While schools have typically been evaluated based on their Ofsted rating, this is all set to change as single headline grades for schools will be scrapped with “immediate effect” according to the government website.

This is planned to “boost school standards and increase transparency for parents”.

Single headline grades have been described by the government as “reductive” as they do not provide an assessment of the school’s performance overall across a range of areas.

This academic year, parents will instead see four grades across each of the following sub-categories: Quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development and leadership and management.

Bridget Phillipson, Education Secretary, said: “The need for Ofsted reform to drive high and rising standards for all our children in every school is overwhelmingly clear.

“The removal of headline grades is a generational reform and a landmark moment for children, parents, and teachers.

“Single headline grades are low information for parents and high stakes for schools.

“Parents deserve a much clearer, much broader picture of how schools are performing – that’s what our report cards will provide.

“This government will make inspection a more powerful, more transparent tool for driving school improvement.

“We promised change, and now we are delivering.”

Therefore, the ratings that schools have now will be the final single headline grades they receive before this change in evaluation is implemented.

We have compiled a list of the ratings of all of the secondary schools in Greenwich prior to the change as well as the date their most recent Ofsted report was published.

 

Outstanding:

Leigh Academy Blackheath – February 8, 2023

Ark Greenwich Free School – July 3, 2023

 

Good:

Oasis Academy Silvertown – November 11, 2022

The John Roan School – November 21, 2023

Royal Greenwich Trust School – December 7, 2022

Charlton Park Academy (Residential Special School) – April 27, 2023

Charlton Park Academy – July 20, 2023

Thomas Tallis School – April 25, 2024

St Matthew Academy – November 28, 2019

Leigh Academy Halley – August 1, 2022

St Mary Magdalene Church of England All Through School – December 13, 2023

 

Requires improvement:

Greenwich Waldorf School – July 20, 2020

St Ursula’s Convent School – March 19, 2024

 

There are currently no secondary schools in Greenwich rated as inadequate.