Forest Hill School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · London, Lewisham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.07 miles
Published by Lewisham Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Forest Hill School is a secondary school in London, Lewisham for ages 11–18 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 December 2023. Lewisham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2018 to 2026 entry.
Forest Hill 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 | 1.07 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
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.07 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 4 Lewisham secondary schools with a published last distance.
- Year 7 last distances swung sharply between some years, and the 2026 figure was nearer the school than in 2025.
- In 2026, Year 7 had 126 first-choice applications for 168 offers; 99 offers went to first-choice families and 27 first-choice families (21%) were not offered a place.
- Grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, 2024/25: 59% (England 45%), the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Lewisham.
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
- Dacres Road, Forest Hill, London, SE23 2XN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Lewisham
- Pupils on roll
- 1,080 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 December 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at this school are safe and happy.”
- “The school has put in place a carefully considered and ambitious curriculum.”
- “It goes beyond the scope of the national curriculum.”
To improve
- “However, occasionally the choice of tasks in lessons is not focused well enough to help pupils learn the intended lesson content.”
- “This leads to gaps in pupils’ knowledge in those instances.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 February 2024 (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) | 59% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 52.3 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | 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: 126 first-preference applications, 168 offers in total, 99 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.
- Sydenham School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sedgehill Academy 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Conisborough College 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bonus Pastor Catholic College 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Prendergast School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Haberdashers' Hatcham College 2.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Haberdashers' Knights Academy 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Addey and Stanhope School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published