Sydenham School
Dartmouth Road, London, SE26 4RD
Local ranking4th of 14 secondary schools in Lewisham
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1580
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Girls
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 50.8 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 48.6% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 72.5% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 67.9% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.6 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 218
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 93.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Higher education
- 65.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 13.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B
Avg A-Level Grade
39.3
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
39.7
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
116
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 19.3% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 35.8
- 16-18 Cohort
- 330
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1507
- Boys
- 12 (1%)
- Girls
- 1495 (99%)
- Capacity
- 1580 (95% full)
- SEND
- 15.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 29.0%
- EAL
- 18.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.7%
- SEN Support
- 13.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 89.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,313/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 41.3%
- White Other: 9.7%
- Other: 9.7%
- Mixed Other: 8.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 5.9%
- Black Caribbean: 5.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 3.4%
- Black African: 3.4%
41.3%
White British
9.7%
White Other
9.7%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 100741
- UKPRN
- 10006468
- Establishment No.
- 4204