Christ The King Sixth Form College

About Christ The King Sixth Form College

Christ The King Sixth Form College in Lewisham is a Roman Catholic state secondary for students aged 16 to 99, and its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2023 rated the school overall as Requires Improvement. That headline, however, masks a more nuanced picture: the sixth-form provision itself was graded Good, as were personal development, behaviour and attitudes, and leadership and management. The sticking point is the quality of education, which remains Requires Improvement. On the most informative exam metric available — Progress 8, which measures how much students improve between the end of primary school and GCSEs — the school scored -0.29, placing it in the bottom 50 nationally and 12th out of 15 schools in Lewisham. That score is notably below the local authority average of 0.11, meaning students here typically make less academic progress than their peers across the borough.

Looking closer at the GCSE results from 2023/24, the Attainment 8 score — the average grade achieved across eight subjects — sits at 41.3, which equates roughly to a mix of grade 4s and 5s. The basics measure, which tracks the percentage of pupils achieving a grade 4 or above in both English and maths, stands at 57.7 per cent, dropping to 40.1 per cent when measured at grade 5 or above. The EBacc average point score is 3.47, and only 13.9 per cent of pupils entered the full EBacc suite of subjects. At A-level, the average points per entry is 33.13, equivalent to a C+ grade, and the best three A-levels average out at a C+ as well. The value-added score for sixth form is -0.19, which is classed as below average, though the confidence interval suggests the true figure could be as low as -0.32 or as high as -0.07. The school ranks 424th out of 487 schools in London for Progress 8.

The college is oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, it received 351 applications for 199 places, with 153 first-preference offers made. Facilities include a theatre, library, astro turf, science labs, playing fields, gymnasium, sports hall, chapel, and a dedicated sixth form centre. Sports on offer range from basketball and hockey to martial arts and swimming, while clubs include art, orchestra, debate, drama, Young Enterprise, DofE, choir, and eco club. The school supports a wide range of SEND needs, including dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social and emotional mental health, speech and language needs, hearing and visual impairments, physical disabilities, and autistic spectrum disorder. With 26.9 per cent of pupils eligible for free school meals, this is a diverse, inclusive setting that may suit families prioritising a Catholic sixth-form environment with good behaviour and personal development, but who are aware that academic outcomes currently lag behind the local average.

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