Sydenham School
| Sydenham School | |
|---|---|
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| Address | |
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Dartmouth Road , , SE26 4RD | |
| Coordinates | 51°26′03″N 0°03′32″W / 51.434167°N 0.058889°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Community School |
| Motto | Aim high, Achieve Higher. |
| Established | 1917 |
| Local authority | Lewisham |
| Department for Education URN | 100741 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Headteacher | Emma Wijnberg |
| Gender | Girls |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 4 (capacity 7.8) |
| Colour(s) | Blue |
| Website | http://www.sydenham.lewisham.sch.uk |
Sydenham School is a comprehensive girls' school located on Dartmouth Road (A2216) in Sydenham, London.
History[edit]
The school was founded in 1917 as a girls' grammar school, known as Sydenham County Grammar School for Girls. London County Council commissioned Basil Spence & Partners, in the early 1950s, to design additional accommodation to allow the school to increase capacity from 600 to 1140 students and to merge with Shackleton School to become a comprehensive school. This took place in 1956 on completion of the new six-storey, E-shaped, classroom block, on which work had begun in 1954. The official opening ceremony took place on 28 February 1957.[1]
In 2003 Sydenham School was granted Specialist Science College status and in 2008 it was granted Specialist in Mathematics by the DfES. Sydenham School has close ties to Forest Hill School, a nearby boys' comprehensive school.
Form system[edit]
In each year there are 8 tutor groups, named for the letters in SYDENHAM.
Admissions[edit]
The current headmistress is Ms Emma Wijnberg. It has always been a girls' school. Forest Hill Pools and Forest Hill library is next door.
Academic performance[edit]
In the last OFSTED inspection, Sydenham School was graded as 'good with outstanding features '. It gets GCSEs and A levels above the England average.(64%)
Notable former pupils[edit]
 | This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (November 2016) |
- Katie Brayben, Olivier Award Winner 2015 and 2023 Best Actress in a Musical.
- Sarah Jane Crawford, television and radio presenter.
- Tasha Danvers, 400 metre hurdler, bronze in the Beijing 2008 Olympics.[2][3]
- Mia Goth, actress
Sydenham County Grammar School for Girls[edit]
- Eva Crane, researcher into bees[4]
- Linda Ludgrove, swimmer
- Elsie Widdowson, dietitian
See also[edit]
- Sydenham High School (UK), nearby girls independent school for ages 4–18, and part of the Girls' Day School Trust (GPSDT)
- Forest Hill School, partnered school for boys 11-18
References[edit]
- ^ "Sydenham School - Sir Basil Spence". Canmore. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ^ "Sydenham Olympian Tasha Danvers goes back to school". News Shopper. 17 November 2008. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ Chaudry, Ziad (1 June 2009). "Danvers beats Olympic champion". Your Local Guardian. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
"It was a good performance for me," said Danvers, a former St Leonards Streatham and Sydenham school pupil and the daughter of Brixton's former English Schools sprint hurdles champion Don Danvers.
- ^ Marren, Peter (14 September 2007), "Eva Crane: Authority on the history of beekeeping and honey-hunting who travelled the world in pursuit of bees", The Independent, archived from the original on 5 September 2008, retrieved 28 October 2018
https://sydenham.fluencycms.co.uk/science
