Greenvale School, London
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 3 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Greenvale excels at providing outstanding teaching where students of all abilities make excellent progress. The school creates a calm, friendly atmosphere where behaviour is excellent and students feel safe. Teachers work closely with support staff to ensure every student learns well, with particularly strong teaching in reading, writing and mathematics. The school also supports families brilliantly through workshops and excellent partnership working with parents.
Key Strengths
- Outstanding quality of teaching with high expectations ensuring all groups make excellent progress
- Excellent progress in reading, writing and mathematics
- Strong focus on communication skills with improved speaking and listening across the school
- Excellent behaviour and safe, calm, friendly learning atmosphere
- Outstanding sixth form provision with excellent support preparing students for adult life
Areas for Improvement
- Increase the range of accredited courses in the sixth form to further develop students' skills for adult life
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is highly effective with procedures meeting statutory requirements, rigorous checks on all staff and governors, and high-quality risk assessments across all aspects of school work.
Extracurricular Activities
Visits to the opera, singing carols on the South Bank, raising funds for charity, work experience, college placements, sensory garden, hydrotherapy pool, interactive room, off-site training in arts and crafts and life skills
Greenvale School is an outstanding special school for young people with severe learning difficulties and profound and multiple learning difficulties. The headteacher and governors have ensured all students make excellent progress and develop a love of learning.
At a Glance
55.8%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
Yes
Sixth Form
VI - Visual Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - London
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for London
Admissions Demand - Lewisham
Places available
2,251
Applications
2,923
Got 1st preference
63.9%
Got preferred school
93.5%
Secondary admissions across Lewisham (2025/26)
Inspection History(8)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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Pupil Absence2024/25
8.99199%
Overall absence
33.33333%
Persistent absence
150
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Greenvale School
Forster Park Primary School
Torridon Primary School
Downderry Primary School
Haberdashers' Knights Primary
Good Shepherd RC School
Rangefield Primary School
Sandhurst Primary School
Launcelot Primary School and Nursery
St John Baptist Southend Church of England Primary School
Cooper's Lane Primary School
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