All-through
St Matthew Academy
St Joseph's Vale, London, SE3 0XX
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1063 of 1650 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.6
- Local authority
- Lewisham
- Religious character
- Yes
- Trust
- ST BENEDICT CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Southwark
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 68.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 90.0
- Pupils per adult
- 11.8
- Pupils
- 1,066
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 March 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Early yearsOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
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 inspections1
October 2019
Previous framework
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
GCSE results
40%
10 points below the London average (50% across 19 schools)
47.2
2.0 below the London average (49.2 across 19 schools)
6th of 19 by our score, among the all-through schools in London we can score - 81 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 |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 107 |
| Average reading score | 104 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 83% |
| Working at a higher standard | 13% |
| Attainment 8 | 47.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.49 |
| Entered the EBacc | 73% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 59% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 40% |
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 |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 67% |
| 23/24 | 77% |
| 24/25 | 83% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 47% |
| 22/23 | 54% |
| 23/24 | 56% |
| 24/25 | 40% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 106.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.26 |
| 22/23 | +0.35 |
| 23/24 | +0.57 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 107.0 |
| 24/25 | 107.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 47.8 |
| 22/23 | 48.7 |
| 23/24 | 50.1 |
| 24/25 | 47.2 |
St Joseph's Vale, London, SE3 0XX
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 15 January, 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
- Principal
- James Potter
- Address
- St Joseph's Vale, London, SE3 0XX
- Telephone
- 02088536250