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Forest Hill School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 13 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
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
100745
Address
Dacres Road, Forest Hill, SE23 2XN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1093 (75% of total capacity)
Boys
97.9%
Girls
2.1%
First language not English
23.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.5%
Persistent absence
18.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
22.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 39.2%
Mixed 16.2%
Other White 12.4%
Caribbean 8.6%
African 8.6%
Other Asian 3.6%
Other 3.1%
Unclassified 2.8%
Other Black 2%
Pakistani 1.1%
Indian 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.25
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 22%
Local authority average 52%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 54%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.3
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.29
Local authority average 4.11
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE30
BiologyGCSE46
Business Studies:SingleGCSE67
ChemistryGCSE46
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE29
Design & TechnologyGCSE39
English LanguageGCSE183
English LiteratureGCSE183
FrenchGCSE3
GeographyGCSE79
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Forest Hill School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
154
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
86
2nd preference
78
3rd preference
68
From another Local Authority
105
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
86
2nd preference
32
3rd preference
12
To another Local Authority
33
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 classes22.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
148
148
0
Year 8
189
189
0
Year 9
171
171
0
Year 10
179
179
0
Year 11
188
188
0
Year 12
119
105
14
Year 13
99
90
9
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
17.0%
22.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
67.0%
45.6%
36.6%
Sixth form college
8.0%
20.7%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.8%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
5.3%
5.9%
Destination unknown
3.0%
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
77.0%
81.4%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
33.0%
21.9%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.5%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.0%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021
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