Rowan Wood School
Rowan Wood School is a special free school in London for boys and girls aged 5 to 19. It has 30 pupils and room for 240. About 70 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England.
12 Hargood Road, London, SE3 8HRrowanwood.compassps.ukDr Ross Silcock headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2025: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Greenwich council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Autistic spectrum disorder (27), language and communications needs (2), Severe learning difficulty (1).
Staff
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kidbrooke Park Primary School | Academy | 10 m | 424 | Good 2023 | 95 | Compare |
| Leigh Academy Halley | Academy | 650 m | 987 | Report card 2025 | 83 | Compare |
| Cherry Orchard Primary School | Council | 700 m | 174 | Not inspected | 68 | Compare |
| Thomas Tallis School | Council | 710 m | 2,092 | Good 2024 | 39 | Compare |
| Leigh Academy Blackheath | Free school | 790 m | 1,060 | Outstanding 2022 | 90 | Compare |
| Charlton Manor Primary School | Council | 890 m | 410 | Good 2023 | 23 | Compare |
| Henwick Primary School | Council | 0.7 miles | 332 | Good 2024 | 77 | Compare |
| The Pointer School | Independent | 0.7 miles | 344 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Rowan Wood School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Rowan Wood School yet.
How many pupils does Rowan Wood School have?
30 pupils aged 5 to 19 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 240 places, so it is 13% full.
Does Rowan Wood School have a sixth form?
Yes.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 12 Hargood Road, London, SE3 8HR
- Website
- www.rowanwood.compassps.uk
- Headteacher
- Dr Ross Silcock
- Type of school
- Special free school (Free schools special, free schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 5-19, with sixth form
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Multi-academy trust
- The Compass Partnership of Schools (28 schools)
- Local authority
- Greenwich
- Ward
- Kidbrooke Park
- Constituency
- Eltham and Chislehurst
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2025 (academy free school)
- URN
- 151704 · LAESTAB 2034010 · UKPRN 10098686
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.