Addey and Stanhope School

Voluntary aided school·Secondary school London, Lewisham·SE14 6TJ
Composite score
51.4
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#2,365
National rank
#420
In London
#13
In Lewisham
Top 74%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
41.1
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
34%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
53%
% EBacc grade 5+
4%
EBacc average points score
3.39

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
61 first choices, 85 places
First choices per place
0.72
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
265
any preference, for 85 places
Applications from another council area
13%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.23
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0520220.9420230.8820240.9420250.722026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Addey and Stanhope School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
600
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
51.2%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
51.5%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
29.0%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
9.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.0%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
25.3%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.3
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£11,805
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
90%
117 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
89%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
0%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Addey and Stanhope School

Addey and Stanhope School is a secondary school in London, Lewisham, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school. Around 600 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 41.1, below the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 3.2 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

34% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 53% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Addey and Stanhope School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 61 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 90% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.0%. There are about 14.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 51% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Addey and Stanhope School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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