Addey and Stanhope School
Voluntary aided school · 589 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.1
Academy sponsor led
St Matthew Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,063of 1,650 places
- Free school meals
- 34.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 172
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 11 March 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registrations: Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School (URN 100736); St Joseph's Academy (URN 100751).
What the data says
St Matthew Academy has no sixth form. Of the 142 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 39% moved to a sixth form college, 15% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 39% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Spanish is unusually popular at GCSE: 72% of the year group took it, against 19% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 47.2 against 46.1 across England and 46.7 in Lewisham, with 40% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Lewisham and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | St Matthew Academy | Lewisham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 142 | 2,282 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 94% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 92% | 91% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 37% | 43% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 39% | 24% | 13% |
| — further education college | 15% | 19% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 4% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | St Matthew Academy | Lewisham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 47.2 | 46.7 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 40% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 59% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 73% | 54% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.49 | 4.30 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 43% | 38% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 43.1 | 37.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 50.4 | 52.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 30% | 30% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 172 | 100% | 86% | 15% | 21% | 76% |
| Mathematics | 172 | 100% | 88% | 21% | 22% | 62% |
| English Language | 172 | 100% | 89% | 13% | 20% | 67% |
| Religious Studies | 166 | 97% | 31% | 22% | 32% | 63% |
| Combined Science | 150 | 87% | 65% | 9% | 9% | 61% |
| Spanish | 123 | 72% | 19% | 24% | 27% | 74% |
| Geography | 101 | 59% | 41% | 12% | 25% | 57% |
| History | 66 | 38% | 41% | 17% | 26% | 65% |
| Physical Education | 36 | 21% | 11% | 6% | 24% | 50% |
| Business Studies | 36 | 21% | 18% | 31% | 20% | 75% |
| Computer Science | 25 | 15% | 13% | 44% | 30% | 96% |
| Chemistry | 22 | 13% | 23% | 59% | 47% | 100% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 22 | 13% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 23% |
| Biology | 22 | 13% | 23% | 68% | 45% | 100% |
| Physics | 22 | 13% | 23% | 50% | 46% | 100% |
| Photography | 20 | 12% | 6% | 0% | 19% | 20% |
| Film Studies | 19 | 11% | 1% | 26% | 20% | 84% |
| Art and Design | 14 | 8% | 7% | 7% | 24% | 64% |
| Design and Technology | 11 | 6% | 11% | 9% | 23% | 18% |
| French | 9 | 5% | 18% | 89% | 29% | 100% |
| Astronomy | 6 | 3% | 0% | 33% | 29% | 100% |
| Portuguese | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speech and Drama | 31 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Lewisham
Bonus Pastor Catholic College
Academy converter · 919 pupils
97% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.7
Deptford Green School
Community school · 888 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.7
Forest Hill School
Community school · sixth form · 1,080 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.3
Haberdashers' Hatcham College
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,375 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.5
Haberdashers' Knights Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,098 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.9
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.