St Matthew Academy

St Matthew Academy is an all-through school (Academy sponsor led), ages 4–16, in London, SE3, in the Lewisham council area. It has 1,063 pupils in the published census. Latest Ofsted inspection (11 March 2025): Outstanding in all 5 graded areas. It is listed as non-selective.

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Admissions

In 2023 the last place offered on distance went to a child living 1.59 miles away.

Distances are in miles (mi), as in the map app. PAN is the published admission number. Bands and admission groups have separate criteria; school-wide places, applications and offers are not counts for each band. Past offers are a guide, not a promise of a place.

"We measured all distances in metres using a straight line from a point in the applicant's home to a point in the school premises using the ordinance survey [sic; Ordnance Survey]." (published footnote, both secondary and primary pages). The 2021 primary edition additionally describes this school-end point as "a nodal point within the school premises" -- i.e. a fixed reference point inside the school grounds used for GIS measurement, not a nodal point away from the school of the kind some other councils use for certain faith schools.

Ofsted

Outstanding in all 5 graded areas — inspected 11 March 2025.

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Results

Progress 8 compares progress with pupils who had similar primary results; 0 is the national average. Its publication year can differ from the other GCSE results above.

Pupils

Nearby schools

Other schools in the same council and phase. Ordered by distance where coordinates are available, then by name; locations may be postcode centres.

• Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham
• Prendergast Vale School
• Prendergast Ladywell School
• St Dunstan's College
• Sydenham & Dulwich Girls GDST