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St Matthew Academy

URN: 135264

Address: St Joseph's Vale, Blackheath, London, SE3 0XX
ST BENEDICT CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

Rating and reports

Inspection outcome

Ofsted made the following key judgements following school inspection on 11 March 2025:

Quality of education:

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes:

Outstanding

Personal development:

Outstanding

Leadership and management:

Outstanding

Early years provision:

Outstanding

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

All reports

  1. School inspection School inspection, PDF - 29 April 2025
    PDF – Published

  2. School inspection: GoodSchool inspection, PDF - 28 November 2019
    PDF – Published

  3. Full inspection: Requires ImprovementFull inspection, PDF - 20 July 2017
    PDF – Published

  4. Full inspection: InadequateFull inspection, PDF - 18 October 2016
    PDF – Published

  5. Full inspection: GoodFull inspection, PDF - 28 March 2013
    PDF – Published

  6. Monitoring visit Monitoring visit, PDF - 20 May 2011
    PDF – Published

  7. Full inspection: SatisfactoryFull inspection, PDF - 01 March 2010
    PDF – Published

  8. Monitoring visit Monitoring visit, PDF - 05 February 2009
    PDF – Published
  9. Opened

Next inspection

From September 2024, graded inspections will not include an overall effectiveness grade. Schools inspected from then will not have the same way of working out when to expect their next inspection. We will set out the expected dates for when we will next inspect them from September 2025. These schools should not expect to receive an ungraded or graded inspection before then. Some could receive an urgent or monitoring inspection, which can be deemed a graded inspection. 

About St Matthew Academy

  • Type: Academy
  • Boarding: No
  • Religious character: Roman Catholic
  • Local authority: Lewisham

Pupils

  • Age Range: 4 - 16
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Number of pupils: 1066
  • School capacity: 1650

Location

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  • Address: St Joseph's Vale, Blackheath, London, SE3 0XX
  • Region: London

Contact details and general enquiries

  • Principal: Mr James Potter
  • Telephone: 02088536250

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