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%
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%
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
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Dance: General | Technical Award | 16 |
Sports Studies | Technical Award | 9 |
Arabic | GCSE | 1 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 85 |
Biology | GCSE | 29 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 50 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 29 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 12 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 39 |
English Language | GCSE | 228 |
Admissions
Sydenham School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 238
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 197
- 2nd preference
- 174
- 3rd preference
- 93
- From another Local Authority
- 239
Offers
- 1st preference
- 167
- 2nd preference
- 48
- 3rd preference
- 18
- To another Local Authority
- 54
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 25.1 |
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 |
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% |
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% |
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