Kelvin Grove Primary School
0.4 miles535 pupils · KS2 expected standard 72% (2024/25)
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
Independent · All-through · Lewisham
Sydenham High School
Independent school · Ages 4 to 19 · Girls · 716 pupils
Also on Deep Teaching: Sydenham High Junior GDST
At a glance
- Type
- Independent school
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Gender
- Girls
- Pupils
- 716 census January 2024
- Capacity
- 814
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Headmistress
- Ms Antonia Geldeard
- Address
- 19 Westwood Hill, Sydenham, SE26 6BL
- Borough
- Lewisham
- Telephone
- 02085577000
- DfE reference (URN)
- 100757
Listed in the DfE register as “Sydenham & Dulwich Girls GDST”.
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Where leavers went
Schools whose leavers came here
This school is named in the published leavers' lists of: DUCKS (Dulwich College Infants'), Hornsby House School, Rosemead Prep, The White House Preparatory School & Woodentops Kindergarten.
These are destinations schools have published for past leavers. They describe what happened, not what will happen for any one child. How to read this.
Open days and tours
- Taster day · 11+ · 16:00Monday 12 October 2026, 16:00 to 17:00
- Taster day · 11+ · 12:45Thursday 15 October 2026, 12:45 to 15:45
- Taster day · 11+ · 16:00Thursday 15 October 2026, 16:00 to 17:00
- Taster day · 11+ · 16:00Monday 19 October 2026, 16:00 to 17:00
- Taster day · 11+ · 12:45Thursday 22 October 2026, 12:45 to 15:45
- Taster day · 11+ · 16:00Thursday 22 October 2026, 16:00 to 17:00
- Open morning · ReceptionThursday 12 November 2026
Reception Book or read more
- Taster day · 7+Thursday 12 November 2026
- Open morning · 09:30Thursday 12 November 2026, 09:30 to 11:30
- Open morning · 09:00Friday 13 November 2026, 09:00 to 10:30
- Open morning · ReceptionThursday 19 November 2026
Reception Book or read more
- Taster day · 7+Thursday 19 November 2026
Dates as published on the school's own page, read 10 Oct 2026. Schools add and change dates at short notice and most ask you to book: confirm with the school. All open days in London
Admissions
Independent schools run their own admissions. You register directly with the school, usually for a fee, and the school sets its own deadlines, assessments and offer dates, which are separate from the borough process.
Fees
| Stage | Per term | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| Reception | £6,699 | £20,097 |
| Year 1-6 | £6,831 | £20,493 |
| Senior & Sixth Form | £8,611 | £25,833 |
Day fees for 2026-27, as published by the school (read 9 Oct 2026). The school's page gives these fees including VAT. Lunches, trips and other extras may be charged on top.
Other charges and help with fees
- Lunches
- £340 per term Compulsory school lunch charge for Reception to Year 11, paid alongside fees Source
- Bursaries
- Means-tested bursaries available for pupils joining in Year 7 or Year 12 Source
- Scholarships
- Academic/Art/Drama/Music/Sport scholarships offered at Year 7, usually around 10-20% of fees Source
Source: sydenhamdulwichgirls.gdst.net · academic year 2026-27 · last checked 9 October 2026
Inspection
Inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)
ISI does not give a single overall grade and does not publish its findings as open data, so we show no rating. Read the latest report on isi.net.
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Results
A level (16 to 18), 2024/25
- A level average result, expressed as a grade2022/23: B · 2023/24: BB+This schoolC+LewishamB-England, state-funded
- A level average point score per entry2022/23: 39.9 · 2023/24: 41.443.5This school33.6Lewisham35England, state-funded
- Average point score for a student's best 3 A levels2022/23: 39.8 · 2023/24: 42.142.9This school34.1Lewisham35.8England, state-funded
- % of A level students achieving AAB or higher including at least 2 facilitating subjects2022/23: 19% · 2023/24: 28%28%This school12%Lewisham18%England, state-funded
- A level value added score2023/24: 0.030.33This school-0.03England, state-funded
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · academic year 2024/25 · 36 pupils in the cohort
GCSE figures from the DfE tables are not shown for independent schools: many of the qualifications they enter, such as IGCSEs, are not counted there.
Pupils and context
- Receiving SEN support
- 24.1%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 0.1%
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census 2024/25
Nearby schools
Schools covering the same ages within about a mile, by straight-line distance (not walking or travel time).
394 pupils · KS2 expected standard 80% (2024/25)
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Sydenham School
0.6 miles1,467 pupils · Attainment 8 50.8 (2024/25)
Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)
185 pupils · KS2 expected standard 57% (2024/25)
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369 pupils · KS2 expected standard 74% (2024/25)
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Eliot Bank Primary School
0.7 miles397 pupils · KS2 expected standard 85% (2024/25)
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