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Schools in Lewisham

95 schools in the Lewisham local authority.

Schools

95

Open schools

Pupils

39,093

2025–26 census

Good or better

98%

78 of 80 graded

Academic Performance

5.9

out of 10 · 90 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
12 15%
Good
66 83%
Requires improvement
1 1%
Inadequate
1 1%
7 inspected since 2024, no overall grade7 superseded by a report card8 not judged
5.9
Academic Performance

Averaged over 90 of 95 schools that can be scored

Pupils

39,093

pupils on roll

Boys 50%50% Girls

Roll from 94 of 95 schools (39,093 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Ethnicity

White
36%
Asian
6%
Black
30%
Mixed
18%
Chinese
<1%
Any other group
4%
Unclassified
4%

Ethnicity from 86 of 95 schools (36,915 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
29.5%

10,875 of 36,915 pupils · 86 of 95 schools

First language not English
33.4%

12,321 of 36,915 pupils · 86 of 95 schools

Young carers
<1%

220 of 36,716 pupils · 84 of 95 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
65
Secondary
15
All-through
2
Special
6
Nursery
2
PRU
1
Not recorded
4

Top primary schools in Lewisham

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Lewisham

The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 95 schools in Lewisham — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Lewisham

How many schools are there in Lewisham?
Lewisham has 95 open schools — 65 primary, 15 secondary, 6 special, 2 nursery, teaching 39,093 pupils in total.
How many schools in Lewisham are rated Good or Outstanding?
78 of the 80 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 98% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 12 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 95: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Lewisham?
5.9 out of 10, averaged across the 90 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Lewisham schools have no Ofsted rating?
15 schools in Lewisham currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Lewisham local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Lewisham covers 95 schools and sits in the London region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Lewisham are eligible for free school meals?
29.5% — 10,875 of 36,915 pupils at the 86 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the London region.