Sydenham School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 22 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Lewisham
Unique reference
100741
Address
Dartmouth Road, SE26 4RD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1445 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
0.6%
Girls
99.4%
First language not English
19.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.9%
Persistent absence
27.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 35.4%
Mixed 16.4%
African 12.2%
Other White 10.2%
Caribbean 8.2%
Unclassified 5.2%
Other 3.2%
Other Black 2.9%
Other Asian 2.6%
Indian 1.1%
Pakistani 0.7%
Chinese 0.7%
Irish 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.02
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 78%
Local authority average 52%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 53%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.6
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.81
Local authority average 4.11
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award16
Sports StudiesTechnical Award9
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE85
BiologyGCSE29
Business Studies:SingleGCSE50
ChemistryGCSE29
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE12
Design & TechnologyGCSE39
English LanguageGCSE228
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Sydenham School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
238
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
197
2nd preference
174
3rd preference
93
From another Local Authority
239
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
167
2nd preference
48
3rd preference
18
To another Local Authority
54
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes25.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
238
0
238
Year 8
237
0
237
Year 9
235
0
235
Year 10
233
0
233
Year 11
234
0
234
Year 12
168
4
164
Year 13
100
4
96
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Secondary

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
89.5%
85.6%
Further education
16.0%
22.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
71.0%
45.6%
36.6%
Sixth form college
4.0%
20.7%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.8%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.3%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
2.2%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
84.0%
81.4%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
37.0%
21.9%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
1.5%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.0%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021
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