Conisborough College
Conisborough Crescent, Catford, London, SE6 2SE
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Lucy Oragano
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- United Learning Trust
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Lewisham East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 703
- URN
- 150691
- Local authority
- Lewisham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02084619600
About this school
Conisborough College is a secondary academy in London. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 703 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
This inspection took place when the school was registered as Conisborough College (URN 100742).
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 136 |
| Attainment 8 score | 37.6 |
| Progress 8 score | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 31.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 51.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 38.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.4 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Conisborough College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
How Conisborough College compares
Conisborough College ranked 14th of 14 secondary schools in Lewisham for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 32% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37.6 | 9.1% | 48.8% | 703 | — |
| Bonus Pastor Catholic College | 50.7 | 5.1% | 26.9% | 919 | 0.7 miles |
| Sedgehill Academy | 43.9 | 6.2% | 47.7% | 960 | 0.8 miles |
| Haberdashers' Knights Academy | 42.9 | 6.6% | 48.2% | 1,098 | 1.3 miles |
| Forest Hill School | 52.3 | 7% | 30.7% | 1,080 | 1.6 miles |
| Harris Girls Academy Bromley | 58.3 | 6.4% | 32% | 1,117 | 1.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 48.75%
- English as an additional language
- 29.6%
- Overall absence
- 9.1%
- Persistent absence
- 28.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bonus Pastor Catholic College0.7 miles
Secondary · Bromley
-
Sedgehill Academy0.8 miles
Secondary · London
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Haberdashers' Knights Academy1.3 miles
Secondary · Bromley
-
Forest Hill School1.6 miles
Secondary · London
-
Harris Girls Academy Bromley1.8 miles
Secondary · Beckenham
Other schools in London
Conisborough College ranks 249th of the 258 ranked secondary schools in London.
- Acland Burghley School Secondary
- Ada Lovelace Church of England High School Secondary
- Addey and Stanhope School Secondary
- AIM Academy North London Secondary
- Alexandra Park School Secondary
- All Saints Catholic College Secondary
- All Saints Catholic High School Secondary
- Ark Acton Academy Secondary
- Ark All Saints Academy Secondary
- Ark Bolingbroke Academy Secondary
- Ark Burlington Danes Academy Secondary
- Ark Elvin Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Conisborough College teach?
- Conisborough College teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Conisborough College?
- The headteacher of Conisborough College is Ms Lucy Oragano, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Conisborough College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Conisborough College, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Conisborough College?
- Conisborough College has 703 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Conisborough College full?
- Conisborough College has capacity for 900 pupils and 703 on roll (78%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Conisborough College a faith school?
- No. Conisborough College has no designated religious character.
- Is Conisborough College a selective school?
- No. Conisborough College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Conisborough College?
- Conisborough College is part of UNITED LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Conisborough College have?
- The schools register lists Conisborough College's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How does Conisborough College rank locally?
- Conisborough College ranked 14th of 14 secondary schools in Lewisham for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 32% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Conisborough College's absence rate?
- Conisborough College's overall absence rate is 9.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Conisborough College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Conisborough College's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 10 July 2026.