Schools in Lewisham[1]

Local authority district E09000023 · 93 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 175 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 35 (20%)[4]
second 20%: 80 (46%)[4]
middle 20%: 42 (24%)[4]
fourth 20%: 17 (10%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 1 (1%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	29%[4]	38%[4]	23%[4]	8%[4]	2%[4]
Employment	17%[4]	44%[4]	27%[4]	8%[4]	5%[4]
Education and skills	0%[4]	15%[4]	27%[4]	31%[4]	27%[4]
Health and disability	9%[4]	43%[4]	30%[4]	14%[4]	3%[4]
Crime	27%[4]	37%[4]	29%[4]	8%[4]	0%[4]
Housing and services	39%[4]	40%[4]	15%[4]	6%[4]	0%[4]
Living environment	47%[4]	41%[4]	11%[4]	1%[4]	0%[4]
Children in low-income families	22%[4]	38%[4]	27%[4]	9%[4]	4%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 41.9% of 122,384 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 49.8% of 242,388 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 17.0% of 242,423 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Secondary schools (14)

School	Ages	Headline results
Addey and Stanhope School	11–16[2]	A8 44 2025/26[8]
Bonus Pastor Catholic College	11–16[2]	A8 50 2025/26[8]
Conisborough College	11–16[2]	A8 39 2025/26[8]
Deptford Green School	11–16[2]	A8 43 2025/26[8]
Forest Hill School	11–18[2]	A8 51 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
Haberdashers' Hatcham College	11–18[2]	A8 51 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
Haberdashers' Knights Academy	11–18[2]	A8 43 2025/26[8] AL D+ 2024/25[9]
Prendergast Ladywell School	4–16[2]	A8 48 2025/26[8] KS2 59% 2024/25[10]
Prendergast School	11–18[2]	A8 59 2025/26[8] AL B 2024/25[9]
Prendergast Vale School	3–16[2]	A8 40 2025/26[8] KS2 55% 2024/25[10]
Sedgehill Academy	11–18[2]	A8 52 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]
St Matthew Academy	4–16[2]	A8 54 2025/26[8] KS2 83% 2024/25[10]
Sydenham School	11–18[2]	A8 53 2025/26[8] AL B 2024/25[9]
Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham	4–16[2]	A8 50 2025/26[8] KS2 86% 2024/25[10]

Primary schools (64)

School	Ages	Headline results
Adamsrill Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
All Saints' Church of England Primary School Blackheath	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Ashmead Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[10]
Athelney Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 43% 2024/25[10]
Baring Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 54% 2024/25[10]
Beecroft Garden Primary	4–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
Brindishe Green School	3–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
Brindishe Lee School	4–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[10]
Brindishe Manor School	3–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[10]
Childeric Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[10]
Cooper's Lane Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Dalmain Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Deptford Park Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
Downderry Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
Edmund Waller Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Elfrida Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[10]
Eliot Bank Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 85% 2024/25[10]
Fairlawn Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
Forster Park Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
Good Shepherd RC School	3–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Gordonbrock Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 85% 2024/25[10]
Grinling Gibbons Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School	4–11[2]	KS2 90% 2024/25[10]
Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary	3–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[10]
Haberdashers' Knights Primary	3–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Haseltine Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
Holbeach Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[10]
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Horniman Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
John Ball Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
John Stainer Community Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[10]
Kelvin Grove Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Kender Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
Kilmorie Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[10]
Launcelot Primary School and Nursery	3–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Marvels Lane Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Myatt Garden Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Oak Gardens Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Our Lady and St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
Perrymount Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Rangefield Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 51% 2024/25[10]
Rathfern Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 82% 2024/25[10]
Rushey Green Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 49% 2024/25[10]
Sandhurst Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School and Nursery	3–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[10]
St Bartholomews's Church of England Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
St George's CofE Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[10]
St James's Hatcham Church of England Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[10]
St John Baptist Southend Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
St Margaret's Lee CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 78% 2024/25[10]
St Mary's Lewisham Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
St Michael's Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
St Saviour's Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
St Stephen's CofE Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
St William of York Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
St Winifred's RC Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 59% 2024/25[10]
Stillness Infant School	3–7[2]
Stillness Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[10]
Tidemill Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[10]
Torridon Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[10]
Turnham Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 88% 2024/25[10]
Twin Oaks Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 42% 2024/25[10]

Independent schools (6)

School	Ages	Headline results
Education-My Life Matters	11–16[2]
Heath House Preparatory School	3–11[2]
Marathon Science School	10–19[2]
St Dunstan's College	3–18[2]	AL A- 2024/25[9]
Sydenham & Dulwich Girls GDST	4–19[2]	AL B+ 2024/25[9]
Urban Mission School	11–16[2]

Special schools and alternative provision (7)

School	Ages	Headline results
Brent Knoll School	4–17[2]
Drumbeat School and ASD Service	4–19[2]
Greenvale School	11–19[2]
New Woodlands School	5–16[2]
The Anchor SENDfriendly Centre	4–19[2]
The Young Women's Hub	11–19[2]
Watergate School	4–11[2]

Nursery schools (2)

School	Ages	Headline results
Chelwood Nursery School	2–5[2]
Clyde Nursery School.	2–5[2]

Sources

Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: LSOA (2021) to Electoral Ward (2026) to LAD (2026) Best Fit Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-07. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation. Period 2025. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS054 Tenure. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-06. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS067 Highest level of qualification. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-10. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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