GCSE Results 2022-2023 

Given the uneven impact of the pandemic on school and college performance data, the government has said you should not make direct comparisons between the performance data for one school or college and another, or to data from previous years.

The Class of 2023 is celebrating a fantastic set of GCSE results at Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys with increases in English and Maths at grades 4 and 5, as well as impressive results in a wide range of other GCSE's.

Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys is delighted to celebrate GCSE examination results that make us all proud.   

Our boys have matched our last pre-pandemic results of 2018-19 and, indeed, at 4+ and 5+ in English and maths, even more students have secured these grades, vital for future study. This is a significant achievement as this year’s cohort still bore the brunt of substantial and prolonged disruption to their learning, unlike the class of 2018-19.  

Also, the gap between our disadvantaged students and the whole cohort was significantly below the national gap, proving that our Vision of "Success for Everyone" is at the heart of all we do. 

The boys, staff and parental support have been instrumental in overcoming the pandemic challenges; the students have achieved truly great things by demonstrating resilience, ambition, and discipline.  Many students attended additional lessons voluntarily every Saturday - such commitment is highly impressive and reflects our values of Care and Unity. 

Huge congratulations to our staff, many of whom have been part of The Poly for many years; they have worked incredibly hard and delighted in seeing the students being rewarded with such success. 

Head of School, Mr Tom Lawrence, says: 

‘I am delighted and immensely proud to announce that Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys have achieved GCSE results that compare very favourably to the pre-pandemic years, now that support given to the last three years’ cohorts has been removed for this year’s students.  Our success translates to even more deserved opportunity for our outgoing year 11s, many of which we are welcoming back to extend their success in our Sixth Form.  I must also congratulate teachers for their enormous efforts and offer my gratitude to parents for supporting their sons and us through these times: everyone’s efforts have been rewarded with great success’.

CEO of PolyMAT, Mr Tim Plumb states:

"I am delighted that the hard work has, once again, paid off and our students have gained the results that they richly deserve.  Our Sixth Form will again be oversubscribed as students’ progress to the next stage of their education.”

Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys is delighted to celebrate its best ever GCSE examination results this year following a tremendous collective effort from staff, students and the support of our wonderful parents/carers.  We smashed both the London and National averages with 34.1% of grades being 7 and above and 79.9% of grades being 4 and above.  This is despite the fact that boys typically underperform compared to girls at a national level.  Grade 9s, on their own, made up 6.5% of all grades achieved with many students gaining multiple 9s.

Most importantly, the gap between our disadvantaged students and the whole cohort was virtually non-existent, proving that our Vision of "Success for Everyone" is at the heart of all we do.

Despite the many challenges faced by our school family and our community, students and staff have achieved truly great things by demonstrating resilience, ambition and discipline.  Many students attended additional lessons voluntarily every Saturday and some also on Sundays - such commitment is highly impressive and reflects our values of Care and Unity, always willing to go to above-and-beyond to create life opportunities.

Huge congratulations to our staff, many of whom have been part of The Poly for many years; they have worked incredibly hard and delighted in seeing the students being rewarded with such success.

Head of School, Mr Tom Lawrence, says:

‘I am delighted and immensely proud to announce that Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys have achieved our best ever GCSE results.  Our amazing success translates to even more deserved opportunity for our outgoing year 11s, many of which we are welcoming back to extend their success in our Sixth Form.  I must also congratulate teachers for their enormous efforts during the last very challenging years and offer my gratitude to parents for supporting their sons and us through these times: everyone’s efforts have been rewarded with great success’.

Mr Tim Plumb, PolyMAT CEO, says:

‘After experiencing many highs over my 16 years at the Poly, these results truly surpass our previous achievements. I am so proud of the staff and delighted for the students’.

Despite another year of turmoil caused by the ongoing pandemic, Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys are once again celebrating the outstanding success of our Year 11 students. Our results this year are testament to the continued dedication and commitment of our students and staff here at The Poly through such trying and ever-changing circumstances.

Whilst the route to results this year was different, that does not mean that the achievements of our students are any less significant; all results have been fully verified and students are deserving of their outstanding grades.

59% of students have secured a strong pass in both English and Maths, with 29% of students achieving exceptional passes in these two subjects.

We are confident that these results mean that we will continue to be well above the national averages and the top 25% of the country for all subjects. In addition, some subjects are expected to be in the top 10% and even 1% of the country.

We have had incredible individual performances, including Sheikh Ahmed who achieved 2 grade 9s and an 8 in English Language, English Literature and Mathematics and an additional 5 grade 9s. Also, Jason Tran, who achieved 3 grade 9s in English Language, English Literature and Mathematics and an additional 4 grade 9s and 2 grade 8s.

PolyMAT CEO, Mr Tim Plumb, is overjoyed by the excellent results and stated: “Our results today strengthen our continued academic excellence and truly cement our fundamental vision of ‘Success for Everyone’. I would like to thank our staff and parents who supported our students during these unprecedented times and the students themselves who were able to see far beyond Covid-19.

It is now time for our students to build on the resilience that they have developed, to face the challenges ahead of them and to continue to build their futures. We are expecting record numbers of students to continue their journey to excellence at our Ofsted rated Outstanding Sixth Form here at Woolwich Polytechnic School.”

Cohort Comparison:

Positive P8 Overall, Improvement from 2018-19
Substantial improvement in English & Maths Buckets
Small Improvement in EBacc Bucket
Drop in Open Bucket

Disadvantaged Comparison

Substantially closed the gap between Disadvantaged and Cohort compared to 2018-19 (Gap went from 0.53 to 0.27)
Substantial improvement in all Buckets
English: Improvement of 0.41
Maths: Improvement of 0.58
Ebacc: Improvement of 0.30
Open: Improvement of 0.13

High Prior Attainers - 105 Students

Substanial imrpovement in Progress 8 for HPAs (Improvement of 0.38)

Middle Prior Attainers - 90 Students

Drop in Progress 8 for MPAs (Decrease of 0.16)

Low Prior Attainers - 15 Students

Drop in Progress 8 for LPAs (Decrease of 0.34)
Due to small numbers of students being in this group, each student would have a large impact on P8