Admissions criteria for secondary schools

If there are more applications to a school than places available, we use the schools' admissions policy to decide which children qualify for a place.

Schools that use the community schools' criteria

For admission in September 2025, we use the community schools’ criteria for the following schools:

• Deptford Green School

• Forest Hill School 

• Sydenham School

Schools that use their own criteria

For admission in September 2025, the following schools will each use their own criteria:

• Addey and Stanhope School

• Bonus Pastor Catholic College

• Conisborough College 

• Haberdashers' Hatcham College

• Haberdashers' Knights Academy

• Prendergast School

• Prendergast Ladywell School

• Prendergast Vale School

• St Matthew Academy
• Sedgehill Academy

• Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham

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