The Anchor Sendfriendly Centre
The Anchor Sendfriendly Centre is an independent special school in London for boys and girls aged 4 to 25. It has 22 pupils and room for 30.
3 North Road, Block E, Plumstead, London, SE18 1BS020 3651 4863Doctor Carole Nicholson headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
3 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
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.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 22 | 34 | 23 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 21% | 30% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 79% | 70% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bannockburn Primary School | Academy | 450 m | 879 | No overall grade 2025 | 87 | Compare |
| Conway Primary School | Council | 570 m | 430 | Good 2022 | 83 | Compare |
| Thrive Independent School | Independent | 590 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Thomas A Becket Roman Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 680 m | 371 | Good 2023 | 89 | Compare |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 710 m | 314 | Good 2023 | 91 | Compare |
| St Paul's Academy | Academy | 810 m | 1,066 | Requires improvement 2023 | 10 | Compare |
| Heronsgate Primary School | Council | 860 m | 707 | Outstanding 2022 | 90 | Compare |
| South Rise Primary School | Academy | 960 m | 508 | Not inspected | 68 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is The Anchor Sendfriendly Centre a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score The Anchor Sendfriendly Centre yet.
How many pupils does The Anchor Sendfriendly Centre have?
22 pupils aged 4 to 25 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 30 places, so it is 73% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 3 North Road, Block E, Plumstead, London, SE18 1BS
- Telephone
- 020 3651 4863
- Headteacher
- Doctor Carole Nicholson
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 4-25
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Greenwich
- Ward
- Plumstead & Glyndon
- Constituency
- Erith and Thamesmead
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 11 January 2024 (new provision)
- URN
- 149908 · LAESTAB 2036010 · UKPRN 10099435
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
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.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- 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.