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Addey and Stanhope School

Secondary · London · SE14 6TJ

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 27 September 2023

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At a glance

589 pupils · 98% of 600 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
53.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
51.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
29% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
9.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.as.lewisham.sch.uk
URN
100748

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 61 families named it first for 85 Year 7 places, 0.72 first choices per place. We hold 3 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2020 to 2023; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 27 September 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.72 first-choice applications per place

85 places offered · 61 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2023 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2023 entry.

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

121 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
41.1
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
52.9%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
33.9%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.4
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school41.1
Median of its 12 closest peers39
Lewisham average47.7
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Hewett AcademyNorwich · 97 miles awayGood46.5
The Academy of St Francis of AssisiLiverpool · 182 miles awayRequires improvement35.8
The Charter School BermondseyLondon · 2 miles awayGood40.9
City Heights E-ACT AcademyLondon · 4 miles awayNeeds attention40.6
Millbay AcademyPlymouth · 195 miles awayGood36.9
Brighton Aldridge Community AcademyBrighton · 43 miles awayGood36.2
Canary Wharf SecondaryLondon · 1 miles awayRequires improvement52.9
City Academy NorwichNorwich · 96 miles awayRequires improvement35.2
The Winstanley SchoolLeicester · 93 miles awayGood29.9
Padgate AcademyWarrington · 171 miles awayGood39.4
Broadoak AcademyWeston-Super-Mare · 127 miles awayGood38.7
Goffs - Churchgate AcademyWaltham Cross · 16 miles awayExpected standard42.6

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
25 of 25 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 30% (Lewisham 20%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 12% (Lewisham 10%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 11% (Lewisham 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 7% (Lewisham 5%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 6% (Lewisham 5%, England 3%) · Any other White background 6% (Lewisham 10%, England 7%) · White British 6% (Lewisham 23%, England 59%) · Any other Asian background 5% (Lewisham 3%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Lewisham 8%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 4% (Lewisham 3%, England 1%) · Not recorded 3% (Lewisham 3%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Lewisham 1%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Lewisham 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Lewisham 2%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
24.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.33 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Lewisham: 11.20 suspensions and 0.10 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
14
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 2% moved to another state school · 5% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained secondaries: 0.22% vacant, 0.42% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

84.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.4 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £64,245; 19% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£12,514
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (77%) · premises 8% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (7%) · supplies and services 11% (10%) · educational supplies 4% (6%) · bought-in professional services 6% (2%) · catering 4% (3%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £936,370; in-year balance -£98,407

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
90%
Continuing in education
89%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
0%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher44.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work33.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways26.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health50.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier19.2%62.3%
Social housing44.2%17.1%
Privately rented36.3%20.5%
Detached houses0.8%22.9%
Flats84.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms7.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van68.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003207 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£450,000905 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£350,000–£611,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (8)£715,000
Semi-detached (29)£850,000
Terraced (185)£750,000
Flat (683)£402,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
9an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
41an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
284an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
49an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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