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Sydenham and Forest Hill Sixth Form[1]

Secondary · ages 16–19

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Headline results

A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[2]

Results

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[2]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
15% 2024/25[2]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B-[4] 15.1%[4]
2022/23 C+[5] 15%[5]
2021/22 B-[6] 16.2%[6]
2018/19 C[7] 12.5%[7]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
79% 2022/23[8]
UK higher education
57% 2022/23[8]
Education
62% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[8]
Employment
15% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 79%[9] 52%[9] 59%[9] 2%[9] 18%[9]
2020/21 85%[10] 66%[10] 73%[10] 1%[10] 11%[10]
2019/20 82%[11] 51%[11] 67%[11] 3%[11] 12%[11]
2016/17 79%[12] 44%[12] 50%[12] 7%[12] 23%[12]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
76% 2021/22[13]
Top third of most selective universities
18% 2021/22[13]
Russell Group universities
28% 2019/20[14]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 2019/20[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 81%[15] 35%[15]
2019/20 77%[14] 27%[14] 28%[14] 1%[14]
2018/19 74%[16] 19%[16] 17%[16] 1%[16]
2015/16 71%[17] 27%[17] 13%[17] 0%[17]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

No published data for this school.

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Sixth form centres[1]
Ages
16–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Local authority
Lewisham[1]
URN
132942[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2016/17, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 progression to higher education. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 progression to higher education. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 progression to higher education. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 progression to higher education. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 progression to higher education. Period 2015/16, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.