Forest Hill School

Type Secondary / Community school
Age Range 11-18
Religion Does not apply
Address Dacres Road
Forest Hill
London
SE23 2XN
Phone 02086999343
Reference Number 100745

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1093
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 97.9%
Girls: 2.1%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 25.6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 24.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.7

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 148 Unknown 148
8 189 Unknown 189
9 171 Unknown 171
10 179 Unknown 179
11 188 Unknown 188
12 105 14 119
13 90 9 99

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 39.2%
White, Other 12.4%
African 8.6%
Caribbean 8.6%
Mixed, Other 6.1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 4.8%
White & Asian 3.8%
Asian, Other 3.6%
Unclassified 2.8%
White & Black (African) 1.5%
Pakistani 1.1%
Indian 0.9%
Chinese 0.5%
Irish 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Sixth Form Provision Good
Last Inspection Date 2024-02-02
Date Description Report
2023-12-13 School inspection: School inspection:
2023-06-20 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2021-10-07 School inspection: School inspection:
2017-12-06 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2013-11-12 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2011-06-08 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-01-18 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2007-09-18 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2002-11-11 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
50.5 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 54.6% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 71% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 29.42 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 30 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C C+ C+
Average Grade (best 3) C B- C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 10.5% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 78 32
Third Preference 68 12
From another Local Authority 105 33

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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