Forest Hill School

Forest Hill School
A vertical, black and white logo with a rectangular border composed of an oval containing stylised trees. Below the oval is a with the school's name.
The Forest Hill School logo
Location
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Coordinates51°25′54″N 0°02′52″W / 51.4318°N 0.0477°W / 51.4318; -0.0477
Information
TypeCommunity school
Established1956
Local authorityLewisham
Department for Education URN100745 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherMichael Sullivan
GenderBoys (Girls in Sixth Form)
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1098 (2023-2024)
Sixth form students231
HousesOfosu-Asare (Red)
Turing (Yellow)
Parks (Blue)
Tull (Green)
Websiteforesthill.lewisham.sch.uk

Forest Hill School is a boys' secondary school and sixth form located in Forest Hill, in the London Borough of Lewisham. The school is in federation with the girls' secondary, Sydenham School, which is nearby.

In 2005 the school was given Performing Arts status for its Drama, Dance, Music and Art courses and currently has a silver artsmark from the English Arts Council.[1][2] The school has an Investors in People award,[citation needed] and in October 2021, it became the first school in London to receive the Stonewall School Champion Gold award.[3][4][5]

As of late 2023, 1098 students were enrolled at the school, including 219 enrolled in the sixth form.[6] This was down from 1255, including 231 sixth form students, in late 2021.[7]

  1. ^ Specialist Schools and Academies Trust Archived April 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Artsmark Archived 2007-05-25 at the Wayback Machine
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  6. ^ Hamlyn, Bob; Drysdale, Rebecca; Swidenbank, Heidi; Jordan, Mark; Okolo-Angus, Ogugua (2 February 2024). Inspection of Forest Hill School (Report). Archived from the original on 6 March 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  7. ^ Quaye, Jeffery; Southworth, Mark; Kennedy, Rosemarie; Clemens, Nigel; Maguire, Susan (8 February 2022). Inspection of Forest Hill School (Report). Archived from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.