Living in Lewisham with children
Lewisham, Lewisham. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 300,764 people in 122,610 households; 30.6% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
73 schools: 57 state primary, 12 state secondary, 1 sixth form or college, 3 privateLewisham on the schools map →Every school in Lewisham, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (57)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School | Outstanding | 1st (1/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Turnham Academy | Good | Top 4% (2/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Eliot Bank Primary School | Good | Top 8% (5/66) in Lewisham | 1.019 miles (2026) |
| Stillness Junior School | Good | Top 10% (6/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Holy Cross Catholic Primary School | School remains Outstanding | Top 13% (8/66) in Lewisham | — |
| St James's Hatcham Church of England Primary School | School remains Good | Top 13% (8/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Rathfern Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 16% (10/66) in Lewisham | 0.781 miles (2026) |
| St Bartholomews's Church of England Primary School | Good | Top 17% (11/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Fairlawn Primary School | School remains Good (Improving) | Top 19% (12/66) in Lewisham | 1.231 miles (2026) |
| Brindishe Lee School | Good | Top 22% (14/66) in Lewisham | 0.494 miles (2026) |
| St Margaret's Lee CofE Primary School | Outstanding | Top 23% (15/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Tidemill Academy | Good | Top 25% (16/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Ashmead Primary School | School remains Good | Top 26% (17/66) in Lewisham | 0.411 miles (2026) |
| Brindishe Manor School | Outstanding | Top 28% (18/66) in Lewisham | 0.43 miles (2026) |
| St George's CofE Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 29% (19/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary | Good | Top 31% (20/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Childeric Primary School | School remains Good | Top 32% (21/66) in Lewisham | — |
| St Augustine's Catholic Primary School and Nursery | School remains Good | Top 34% (22/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Horniman Primary School | School remains Good | Top 35% (23/66) in Lewisham | 0.294 miles (2026) |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | Good | Top 38% (25/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Adamsrill Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 40% (26/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Edmund Waller Primary School | School remains Good | Top 41% (27/66) in Lewisham | 0.479 miles (2026) |
| St William of York Catholic Primary School | Good | Top 43% (28/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Kelvin Grove Primary School | Good | Top 44% (29/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Dalmain Primary School | Good | Top 46% (30/66) in Lewisham | 0.493 miles (2026) |
| Myatt Garden Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 47% (31/66) in Lewisham | 0.696 miles (2026) |
| John Ball Primary School | Outstanding | Top 49% (32/66) in Lewisham | 0.631 miles (2026) |
| Oak Gardens Primary School | Good | Top 49% (32/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Marvels Lane Primary School | Standards maintained | (34/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Brindishe Green School | Good | (35/66) in Lewisham | 0.978 miles (2026) |
| Beecroft Garden Primary | Good | (36/66) in Lewisham | 0.568 miles (2026) |
| Deptford Park Primary School | School remains Good | (37/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Forster Park Primary School | Good | (39/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Kender Primary School | Good | (40/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Sandhurst Primary School | School remains Good | (41/66) in Lewisham | 0.4 miles (2026) |
| All Saints' Church of England Primary School Blackheath | Good | (42/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Perrymount Primary School | School remains Good | (43/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Kilmorie Primary School | Good | (45/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Torridon Primary School | Good | (46/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Haseltine Primary School | Good | (47/66) in Lewisham | — |
| St Michael's Church of England Primary School | School remains Good | (48/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Cooper's Lane Primary School | School remains Good | (49/66) in Lewisham | — |
| John Stainer Community Primary School | Outstanding | (50/66) in Lewisham | — |
| St Mary's Lewisham Church of England Primary School | Ofsted report card | (51/66) in Lewisham | — |
| St Winifred's RC Primary School | School remains Good | (52/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Our Lady and St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School | School remains Good | (54/66) in Lewisham | — |
| St Saviour's Catholic Primary School | Good | (55/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Grinling Gibbons Primary School | Good | (56/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School | School remains Good | (56/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Holbeach Primary School | School remains Good | (58/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Baring Primary School | Good | (59/66) in Lewisham | — |
| St Stephen's CofE Primary School | Good | (62/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Rushey Green Primary School | Good | (63/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Elfrida Primary School | School remains Good | (64/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Athelney Primary School | Good | (65/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Twin Oaks Primary School | Ofsted report card | (66/66) in Lewisham | — |
| Stillness Infant School | Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (12)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prendergast School | Outstanding | 1st (1/14) in Lewisham | 0.755 miles (2026) |
| St Matthew Academy | Outstanding | Top 15% (2/14) in Lewisham | 0.902 miles (2026) |
| Sydenham School | Ofsted report card | Top 22% (3/14) in Lewisham | 1.331 miles (2026) |
| Sedgehill Academy | Good | Top 29% (4/14) in Lewisham | — |
| Haberdashers' Hatcham College | Improved significantly | Top 36% (5/14) in Lewisham | 0.719 miles (2026) |
| Forest Hill School | Good | Top 43% (6/14) in Lewisham | 1.073 miles (2026) |
| Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham | Ofsted report card | Top 50% (7/14) in Lewisham | 1.046 miles (2026) |
| Prendergast Ladywell School | — | (9/14) in Lewisham | 0.72 miles (2026) |
| Addey and Stanhope School | School remains Good | (10/14) in Lewisham | — |
| Deptford Green School | Good | (11/14) in Lewisham | 1.945 miles (2026) |
| Prendergast Vale School | — | (13/14) in Lewisham | — |
| Conisborough College | Requires improvement | (14/14) in Lewisham | — |
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christ The King Sixth Form College | Good | (7/8) in Lewisham | — |
Private schools (3)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Dunstan's College | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | 1st (1/2) in Lewisham | — |
| Heath House Preparatory School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| Marathon Science School | — | — | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (24 detached, 208 semi-detached, 795 terraced, 1219 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Lewisham. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Lewisham →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 88% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 98%, on average across the 1,767 postcodes in SE6, SE23, SE14. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 8 outstanding; 3 strong or better in every area; 79 good, or expected standard; 2 requires improvement; 26 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £8.63 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 115 in Lewisham · 3 in Lewisham.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 19 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
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