St Matthew Academy

General Information

Address: St Joseph's Vale, London, SE3 0XX
Phone: 02088536250
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr James Potter
Age range: 4-16 years
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Number of pupils: 1063
School capacity: 1650
Pupils eligible for free school meals: 361
% eligible for free school meals: 34.0%
Nursery provision: No

Behaviour

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About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Behaviour information for this school has not been added yet.

Attendance

Overall absence: 5.7%
Persistently absent pupils: 16.5%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

SEN provision information for this school has not been added yet.

Pupils on SEN Support: 15.5%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.0%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 60 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 41 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 36 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 17 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 6 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2025 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

Educational attainment data for this school has not been added yet.

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Financials

Financial summary information for this school has not been added yet.

Spending per pupil: £453 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

Ranked #66 of 66 Spending Per Pupil schools of this type in the area

#64Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School£6,721
#65Turnham Academy£6,573
#66St Matthew Academy£453

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

#1Deptford Park Primary School£12,590
#2Forster Park Primary School£11,948
#3St Joseph's Catholic Primary School£11,745
#4Kelvin Grove Primary School£11,010
#5Oak Gardens Primary School£10,657
#6Athelney Primary School£10,506
#7St James's Hatcham Church of England Primary School£10,397
#8Rangefield Primary School£10,339
#9Grinling Gibbons Primary School£10,269
#10Twin Oaks Primary School£9,981
#11St Saviour's Catholic Primary School£9,932
#12Prendergast Ladywell School£9,907
#13Prendergast Vale School£9,640
#14Launcelot Primary School and Nursery£9,617
#15Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham£9,596
#16St George's CofE Primary School£9,477
#17St Stephen's CofE Primary School£9,425
#18Kender Primary School£9,400
#19Childeric Primary School£9,395
#20Tidemill Academy£9,380
#21Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School£9,373
#22St John Baptist Southend Church of England Primary School£9,307
#23Perrymount Primary School£9,298
#24Beecroft Garden Primary£9,275
#25Myatt Garden Primary School£9,232
#26St Mary's Lewisham Church of England Primary School£9,164
#27St William of York Catholic Primary School£9,098
#28Horniman Primary School£9,094
#29Elfrida Primary School£9,065
#30St Michael's Church of England Primary School£9,052
#31Kilmorie Primary School£9,028
#32Baring Primary School£9,025
#33Holbeach Primary School£9,007
#34All Saints' Church of England Primary School Blackheath£8,993
#35Our Lady and St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School£8,822
#36Haberdashers' Knights Primary£8,798
#37Brindishe Lee School£8,759
#38Adamsrill Primary School£8,677
#39Good Shepherd RC School£8,640
#40Rathfern Primary School£8,631
#41Marvels Lane Primary School£8,512
#42Torridon Primary School£8,463
#43Edmund Waller Primary School£8,400
#44St Margaret's Lee CofE Primary School£8,379
#45St Augustine's Catholic Primary School and Nursery£8,286
#46Cooper's Lane Primary School£8,212
#47Downderry Primary School£8,161
#48Brindishe Green School£8,135
#49Haseltine Primary School£8,072
#50Sandhurst Primary School£8,041
#51Rushey Green Primary School£7,991
#52Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary£7,962
#53St Winifred's RC Primary School£7,961
#54Holy Cross Catholic Primary School£7,936
#55John Stainer Community Primary School£7,822
#56Dalmain Primary School£7,794
#57John Ball Primary School£7,679
#58Eliot Bank Primary School£7,652
#59Brindishe Manor School£7,634
#60Gordonbrock Primary School£7,620
#61Fairlawn Primary School£7,578
#62Ashmead Primary School£7,005
#63St Bartholomews's Church of England Primary School£6,772
#64Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School£6,721
#65Turnham Academy£6,573
#66St Matthew Academy£453

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