Results
A-level 2025 rank: 252=
Grade
%
A*/A
27
A*-B
62
GCSE 2025 rank: 302=
Grade
%
9/8/7
32
Forest Hill School
Comprehensive
National rank
278=
n/a
Rank last year
62%
A-level
32%
GCSE
Need to know
Head teacher
Michael Sullivan
Attendance
93.2%
Gender of entry
Boys
Send pupils*
21.2%
*Special educational needs and disabilities
Total pupils
1,098
Pupils on free school meals
30.7%
Progress 8
ABOVE AVERAGE
Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8
What the school inspection says
“Pupils at this school and safe and happy. They achieve well. The school has put in place a carefully considered and ambitious curriculum. It goes beyond the scope of the national curriculum ... The very well-resourced library in the heart of the building exemplifies the school’s commitment to promoting reading ... The school is ambitious to develop pupils beyond the academic ... A range of clubs and activities, including a variety of sports … help pupils to develop new talents and interests ... Rates of attendance at school are high … The school has very high expectations of pupils’ behaviour.”
Inspection
2023
In detail
*
Read the full report
*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.
Telephone
020 8699 9343
Website
foresthill.lewisham.sch.uk
Address
Dacres Road,
Forest Hill,
London,
SE23 2XN