Sedgehill Academy, London

In 2026, pupils at Sedgehill Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 51.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 48.4 in Lewisham and 47 across England.

66% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Lewisham and 47% in England.

That is up from 43.9 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.2: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 49.7, against 54.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 4.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 21 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Religious Studies and History.

For September 2026 entry, 168 families put Sedgehill Academy as their first choice and 634 named it as one of their preferences, for 176 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 46 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Sedgehill Academy are Conisborough College (0.8 miles, Attainment 8 39.2); Bonus Pastor Catholic College (0.9 miles, Attainment 8 49.6); Harris Girls Academy Bromley (1 mile, Outstanding, Attainment 8 61.7); and Forest Hill School (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.9).

Sedgehill Academy's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Sedgehill Academy is one of 98 schools run by United Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49 in 2024/25.

Of the 104 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 93% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 28% to a further education college and 3% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 27 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 56% went on to university or other higher education, 4% to apprenticeships and 11% into work. 10% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

45.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 34.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (32%), White British (24%) and Mixed (20%).

In 2026, 91 pupils (9.5%) received SEN support and 30 (3.1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Sedgehill Academy has a resourced provision for hearing impairment: 10 places, 5 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Beckenham Hill Station, about 340 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Highland Croft, 230 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Sedgehill Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 426 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Lewisham (671).

In 2024/25, Sedgehill Academy issued 27 suspensions, 3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Sedgehill Academy are St Augustine's Catholic Primary School and Nursery (0.2 miles), Elfrida Primary School (0.4 miles), Worsley Bridge Primary School (0.5 miles) and St John Baptist Southend Church of England Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.