Secondary
Forest Hill School
Dacres Road, Forest Hill, London, SE23 2XN
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Boys
- Pupils
- 1080 of 1535 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
- Local authority
- Lewisham
- Sixth form
- Yes
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 61.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 80.2
- Pupils per adult
- 13.6
- Pupils
- 1,093
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected December 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
October 2021
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
December 2017
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
GCSE results
59%
6 points above the London average (53% across 239 schools)
52.3
1.2 above the London average (51.1 across 239 schools)
98th of 239 by our score, among the secondary schools in London we can score - 299 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 52.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.81 |
| Entered the EBacc | 39% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 59% |
| A level average points per entry | 34.1 |
| A level students | 71 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 54% |
| 22/23 | 54% |
| 23/24 | 55% |
| 24/25 | 59% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 34.6 |
| 22/23 | 29.4 |
| 23/24 | 35.2 |
| 24/25 | 34.1 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.09 |
| 22/23 | +0.25 |
| 23/24 | +0.30 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 51.6 |
| 22/23 | 49.3 |
| 23/24 | 50.5 |
| 24/25 | 52.3 |
Dacres Road, Forest Hill, London, SE23 2XN
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Lewisham admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Michael Sullivan
- Address
- Dacres Road, Forest Hill, London, SE23 2XN
- Telephone
- 02086999343