Community school · Lewisham
Sydenham School
- Secondary
- Ages 11–18
- Girls
- Sixth form
- Term dates set by the council
Term dates
Lewisham council sets the term dates for this school. See all Lewisham dates, taken from the council's own page.
2026/27
2027/28
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Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK
How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.
For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.
How many families applied: Year 7
For September 2026, 217 families put this school as their first choice, and 235 places were offered. 179 of the families who put it first got a place (82%).
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 235 | 217 | 82% |
| September 2025 | 231 | 228 | 78% |
| September 2024 | 238 | 197 | 85% |
Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.
Before and after school
These clubs are registered with Ofsted at the school's postcode, so usually run on the school site:
- Ballers Sports Coaching LTD. Ofsted report
- Gems Holiday Clubs Sydenham, holiday club. Ofsted report
Ask the club or the school about times, prices and places. More clubs nearby.
Ofsted inspection
Report card, 19 May 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Sixth form
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
Safeguarding standards: met.
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Pupils
- 1467 (capacity 1580)
- Gender
- Girls
- Phone
- 02086996731
- Address
- Dartmouth Road, London, SE26 4RD
- Website
- sydenham.lewisham.sch.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.