Willow Dene School
Greenwich, SE18 2JD · Greenwich local authority
Greenwich’s School Grade A− better than 82% of towns in England
What stands out about Willow Dene School
- No letter for this school: the reason is below.
- Over capacity: 315 pupils for 264 places
- 59% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Outstanding, November 2022 (shown, not graded)
- Homes in its postcode sector (SE18 2) sold for a median £427,500; Greenwich’s is £460,000
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025309 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
No letter for Willow Dene School
Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.
Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Graded inspection: Outstanding, November 2022. Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving), December 2019.
Living near Willow Dene School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in SE18 2, the school’s postcode sector
Greenwich property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in SE18 2 sell for a little under Greenwich’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
35 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Greenwich, SE18 2JD
Willow Dene School: common questions
What is Willow Dene School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Outstanding (November 2022).
How much do houses cost near Willow Dene School?
Homes in its postcode sector, SE18 2, sold for a median £427,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (227 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Greenwich’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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