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St Matthew Academy

All-through Academy school in London SE3 0XX

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  • School Reference Number: 135264
  • Address: St Joseph's Vale, Blackheath, London SE3 0XX
  • Principal: Mr James Potter
  • Telephone: 020 8853 6250
  • Managing Organisation: Archdiocese of Southwark
  • Type: Academies
  • Sub-Type: Academy sponsor led
  • Phase: All-through
  • Pupil Capacity: 1,650
  • Local Education Authority: Lewisham
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Age Range: 4 to 16
  • Religious Ethos: Christian
  • Admissions Policy: Non-selective
  • Active From: September 2007* (New Provision)

* Active From and To dates don't necessarily mean that a school opened or closed on those dates. Schools are allocated a new Reference Number when they change status in any way, for example when a local authority school converts to an academy or when schools are combined or merged.

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Latest Ofsted Rating

Inspected on 16/10/2019

Rating published on 27/11/2019

Overall effectiveness: Good

Quality of education: Good

Behaviour and attitudes: Good

Personal development: Good

Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good

Early years provision: Good

All Ofsted Reports

Inspection DatePublication DateInspection TypeRatingPDF Link
16 October 2019 28 November 2019 School inspection Good
19 June 2017 20 July 2017 Full inspection Requires Improvement
7 June 2016 18 October 2016 Full inspection Inadequate
6 March 2013 28 March 2013 Full inspection Good
5 May 2011 20 May 2011 Monitoring visit
3 February 2010 1 March 2010 Full inspection Satisfactory
20 January 2009 5 February 2009 Monitoring visit

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Unique Reference Number135264
Local Authority Code209
Local Authority NameLewisham
Establishment Number6907
School / College NameSt Matthew Academy
Establishment Type Code28
Establishment typeAcademy sponsor led
Establishment Type Group Code10
Establishment Type GroupAcademies
Establishment Status Code1
Establishment statusOpen
Reason Establishment Opened Code06
Reason establishment openedNew Provision
Open date01-09-2007
Reason Establishment Closed Code00
Reason establishment closedNot applicable
Close date
Phase Of Education Code 7
Phase of educationAll-through
Age range Low4
Age range High16
Boarders Code1
BoardersNo boarders
Nursery provisionNo Nursery Classes
Official Sixth Form Code2
Official sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Gender Code3
Gender of entryMixed
Religious Character Code03
Religious characterRoman Catholic
Religious ethosNone
Diocese CodeRC19
DioceseArchdiocese of Southwark
Admissions Policy Code4
Admissons policyNon-selective
School capacity1,650
Special Classes Code0
Special classesNot applicable
Census Date18-01-2024
Number of Pupils1,066
Number of Boys605
Number of Girls461
Percentage Free School Meals34.80
Trust School Flag Code5
Trust School Flag Supported by a single-academy trust
Trusts Code4760
Academy trust or TrustST MATTHEW ACADEMY
School Sponsor FlagLinked to a sponsor
Academy sponsorArchdiocese of Southwark
Federation FlagNot applicable
Federations Code
Federation
UKPRN10021091
FEHE Identifier
Further education typeNot applicable
Last Changed Date29-01-2025
StreetSt Joseph's Vale
Locality
Address3Blackheath
TownLondon
County (name)
PostcodeSE3 0XX
Website
Telephone02088536250
Headteacher/Principal titleMr
Headteacher/Principal first nameJames
Headteacher/Principal last namePotter
Headteacher/Principal Job TitlePrincipal
BSO Inspectorate NameNot applicable
Inspectorate Report
Date of Last Inspection Visit
Next Inspection Visit
Teenage mothers provisionNot applicable
Teenage mothers capacity
Childcare facilities provisionNot applicable
SEN facilitiesNot applicable
Pupils with EBDNot applicable
Number of places
Full time provision
Pupils educated by other providersNot applicable
Section 41 approvedNot applicable
SEN provision
Type of resourced provisionNot applicable
Resourced provision number on roll
Resourced provision capacity
SEN unit number on roll
SEN unit capacity
Government Office Region CodeH
Government Office RegionLondon
District CodeE09000023
DistrictLewisham
Ward CodeE05013715
WardBlackheath
Parliamentary Constituency CodeE14001332
Parliamentary ConstituencyLewisham North
Urban/Rural CodeA1
Urban/Rural Description(England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
GSS LA CodeE09000023
Easting539032
Northing175812
Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)Lewisham 007
Lower Super Output Area (LSOA)Lewisham 007A
Inspectorate Name
Number of special pupils under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Number of special pupils not under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Boarding Establishment
Proprietor's Name
Previous Local Authority Code999
Previous local authority
Previous establishment number
Country
UPRN10023231384
Site Name
QAB Code0
QAB NameNot applicable
Establishment Accredited Code0
Establishment AccreditedNot applicable
QAB Report
CH Number
MSOA CodeE02000659
LSOA CodeE01003199
Free School Meals371
Accreditation Expiry Date
URN135264
Web Linkhttp://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/135264
LAESTAB2096907
School nameSt Matthew Academy
Ofsted phaseSecondary
Type of educationAcademy Sponsor Led
School open date01/09/2007
Admissions policyNon-selective
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Designated religious characterRoman Catholic
Religious ethosNone
Faith groupingChristian
Ofsted regionLondon
RegionLondon
Local authorityLewisham
Parliamentary constituencyLewisham North
Multi-academy trust UIDN/A
Multi-academy trust nameN/A
Academy sponsor UID2150
Academy sponsor nameArchdiocese of Southwark
PostcodeSE3 0XX
Number of warning notices issued in 2023/24 academic yearN/A
The income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) quintile4
Total number of pupils1,066
Statutory lowest age4
Statutory highest age16
Latest ungraded inspection number since last graded inspectionN/A
Does the ungraded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?N/A
URN at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
LAESTAB at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School name at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School type at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
Number of ungraded inspections since the last graded inspectionN/A
Date of latest ungraded inspectionN/A
Ungraded inspection publication dateN/A
Did the latest ungraded inspection convert to a graded inspection?N/A
Ungraded inspection overall outcomeN/A
Number of monitoring and urgent inspections since last graded inspectionN/A
Inspection number of latest graded inspection10110357
Inspection typeRequires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Inspection type groupingRequires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Event type groupingSchools - S5
Inspection start date16/10/2019
Publication date27/11/2019
Does the latest graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of latest graded inspection135264
LAESTAB at time of latest graded inspection2096907
School name at time of latest graded inspectionSt Matthew Academy
School type at time of latest graded inspectionAcademy Sponsor Led
Current school type used for chart C6Academy sponsor led
Overall effectivenessGood
Category of concernN/A
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Safeguarding is effective?Yes
Early years provisionGood
Sixth form provisionN/A
Previous inspection number10033632
Previous inspection start date19/06/2017
Previous publication date20/07/2017
Does the previous graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of previous graded inspection135264
LAESTAB at time of previous graded inspection2096907
School name at time of previous graded inspectionSt Matthew Academy
School type at time of previous graded inspectionAcademy Sponsor Led
Previous graded inspection overall effectiveness3
Previous category of concernN/A
Previous quality of educationN/A
Previous behaviour and attitudesN/A
Previous personal developmentN/A
Previous effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Previous safeguarding is effective?Yes
Previous early years provisionGood
Previous sixth form provisionN/A

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