SCHOOL PROFILE
St Matthew Academy: data, trends and context
St Matthew Academy is a all-through school in Lewisham. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.
School identity
URN
135264
Phase
All-through
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
Lewisham
Region
London
Trust
ST BENEDICT CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
SE3 0XX
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
School website
Pupil and community context
Pupils on roll
1,063
FSM eligible
34.0%
EAL / First language other than English
25.9%
SEND (total)
17.5%
SEN Support
15.5%
EHCP
2.0%
White British
10.0%
Attendance and absence (2024/25)
Attendance rate
94.3%
Overall absence
5.7%
Persistent absence
16.5%
Severe absence
1.4%
Current benchmarks
No current DfE attendance benchmark is published for this school’s phase and local authority, so no comparison is shown.
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
Suspension rate
13.3%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
9.0%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.09%
Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)
Attainment 8
47.2
English & maths grade 5+
40.1%
English & maths grade 4+
58.7%
Historical trends
Historical trends
School trends over time
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Data sources and last updated
- Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
- Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
- Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
- For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
- Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.
Contextual comparison
See St Matthew Academy against 25 similar schools
St Matthew Academy is a all-through school in Lewisham. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.