Sydenham School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · London, Lewisham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.33 miles
Published by Lewisham Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sydenham School is a secondary school in London, Lewisham for ages 11–18 (community school). Lewisham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2018 to 2026 entry.
Sydenham School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.33 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 2026: the last child offered a place lived 1.33 miles away, the 2nd longest of 4 Lewisham secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- For Year 7 2026: 217 first-choice applications for 235 offers; 179 offers went to first-choice families, and 38 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 49% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%) and the Attainment 8 score was 50.8 (England 46).
- For Year 7 2026, 273 of the 681 applications (40%) came from families living outside Lewisham, and 50 offers went to them.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Lewisham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Dartmouth Road, London, SE26 4RD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Lewisham
- Pupils on roll
- 1,467 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 19 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be at Sydenham School.”
- “They enjoy attending school and make positive contributions to their learning and to the wider school community.”
- “Pupils benefit from positive relationships with staff and with their peers.”
To improve
- “However, this is not consistent across all subject areas.”
- “Leaders are determined to further raise ambitions so that high-quality work is consistently produced across all areas.”
- “On occasions, teachers' checking of pupils' understanding is not as effective as it could be.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 July 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 49% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 50.8 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 217 first-preference applications, 235 offers in total, 179 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Lewisham.
- Forest Hill School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Sedgehill Academy 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Conisborough College 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Prendergast School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Haberdashers' Hatcham College 2.4 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Bonus Pastor Catholic College 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Addey and Stanhope School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Deptford Green School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published