Best Secondary Schools in Lewisham

We checked all 19 secondary schools in Lewisham and list every one: 14 ranked, then 5 without a rank.

Schools checked
19
Ranked
14
Without a rank
5

Ranks combine 2024/25 GCSE results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Lewisham. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Lewisham also has 65 primary schools, ranked on SATs results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Lewisham. Secondary schools are also ranked across all of London.

Ranked secondary schools in Lewisham

  1. 1

    Prendergast School

    Academy, 1,052 pupils, inspected March 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    64.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    73.3%

  2. 2

    Bonus Pastor Catholic College

    Academy, 919 pupils, inspected September 2017

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    50.7
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    43.4%

  3. 3

    Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham

    Local authority maintained, 1,048 pupils, inspected November 2025

    Report card: Strong standard
    Attainment 8
    48.3
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    56%

  4. 4

    Forest Hill School

    Local authority maintained, 1,080 pupils, inspected December 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    52.3
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    58.7%

  5. 5

    Sydenham School

    Local authority maintained, 1,467 pupils, inspected May 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Attainment 8
    50.8
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    48.6%

  6. 6

    Haberdashers' Hatcham College

    Academy, 1,375 pupils, inspected February 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    50.5
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    54.3%

  7. 7

    St Matthew Academy

    Academy, 1,063 pupils, inspected March 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    47.2
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    40.1%

  8. 8

    Prendergast Ladywell School

    Academy, 1,280 pupils, inspected February 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    49.2
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    47.7%

  9. 9

    Deptford Green School

    Local authority maintained, 888 pupils, inspected April 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    47.7
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    42.3%

  10. 10

    Sedgehill Academy

    Academy, 960 pupils, inspected September 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    43.9
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    41.6%

  11. 11

    Haberdashers' Knights Academy

    Academy, 1,098 pupils, inspected June 2017

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    42.9
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    35.2%

  12. 12

    Prendergast Vale School

    Academy, 806 pupils, inspected January 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    42.2
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    34.5%

  13. 13

    Addey and Stanhope School

    Local authority maintained, 589 pupils, inspected April 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    41.1
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    33.9%

  14. 14

    Conisborough College

    Academy, 703 pupils, inspected April 2022

    Ofsted: Requires improvement
    Attainment 8
    37.6
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    31.6%

Secondary schools in Lewisham without a rank