Forest Hill School (Official)

Name

Forest Hill School (Official)

Legal name

Forest Hill School

Website

https://foresthill.lewisham.sch.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1956

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Middle Schools (EDAJAAAC)

Keywords

• Secondary education
• Sixth form provision
• Boys' school
• Facility lettings
• 1:1 device programme

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: Maintained schools are funded by a grant from the Department for Education (the Dedicated Schools Grant). Local Authorities are the accountable body for maintained schools.
2. Facilities Lettings: School facilities are hired out during evenings, weekends, holidays and after 5pm on weekdays during term time. Includes sports halls, dance studio, drama studio, 260-seat theatre, food technology room and classrooms.
3. Donations and Fundraising: Regular giving programme for parents/carers, capital campaigns for major building work, minor works capital grants from local authority, and participation in TheGivingMachine online shopping fundraising.
4. 1:1 Device Programme Payments: Parents can purchase laptops outright or make monthly payments covering the lease and managed service. Arrangements exist to support students receiving free school meals.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Forest Hill School is a community secondary school in south-east London delivering boys' education from Year 7 through Year 11, plus a joint mixed-gender Sixth Form (SFH6) with Sydenham School. It sells a broad academic and creative arts curriculum, school library services, a 1:1 device programme for Year 9 students, and hires out campus facilities to the local community outside school hours.

Product overview

Forest Hill School is a boys' secondary school in south-east London providing education from Years 7-11 plus a joint Sixth Form (SFH6) with Sydenham School. The school offers a broad and balanced curriculum combining traditional academic subjects with arts including Dance, Drama, Art, and Music. Key services include a School Library with ebooks/audiobooks, Facilities Lettings for community use, and a 1:1 Device Programme providing Asus laptops to Year 9 students with Microsoft Teams integration. Homework is managed via Bromcom with support from Seneca Learning and MyMaths platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SFH6: The joint Sixth Form provision operated with Sydenham School, providing post-16 education for male and female students.

Products and services

• Secondary School Education (Years 7-11) Comprehensive secondary education for boys aged 11-16 offering a broad and balanced curriculum that combines traditional academic subjects (English, Mathematics, Science, History, Geography, Modern Foreign Languages, Computer Science) with creative arts (Dance, Drama, Art, Music, Design Technology, PE). Delivered across five year groups with 180 students per year group.
• SFH6 Sixth Form Provision Joint mixed-gender Sixth Form provision with Sydenham School for students aged 16-18, offering A Level courses and preparation for Russell Group university admissions. The school considers it the best post-16 provision in the borough.
• Facilities and Lettings Hire of school facilities including two sports halls, dance studio, drama studio, 260-seat Ken Kirkby Theatre, atrium, food technology room, Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) and classrooms. Available to sports clubs, community classes, parties, exhibitions, meetings and events.
• 1:1 Device Programme Personal laptop programme providing Year 9 students with an Asus laptop for use in school and at home, integrated with Microsoft Teams and protected by LGFL Home Protect web filtering. Parents contribute through a one-off purchase or monthly payments; support exists for students on free school meals.

Quantifiable outcome

• Attainment 8 score of 53.0 points in 2025 GCSE results
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration18 records

AI capability4 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• London Boys' Schools NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerForest Hill School is a founder member of the London Boys' Schools Network – a group of Headteachers and schools who advocate for boys' education. Schools share expertise in creating positive environments for educating boys and young men. All member schools have mixed sixth form provision.
• Sydenham SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHighly successful joint Sixth Form provision with Sydenham School for male and female students. The school considers this the best provision for post-16 study in the borough, evidenced by year-on-year increase in pupils progressing to Russell Group universities.
• Lewisham Music HubminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school works with Lewisham Music Hub to support students' music education. Music lead is Ann Heerey. The Music Development Plan 2026-27 outlines curriculum music, co-curricular provision and musical experiences.
• TheGivingMachineminorGTM or Marketing PartnerForest Hill School is listed on TheGivingMachine, a fundraising site that allows supporters to generate free donations for the school when shopping online with over 2,200 retailers including eBay, M&S, John Lewis and Waitrose.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Dulwich College: Long-established private boys' day school in south London; comparable boys' educational model with strong Oxbridge pipeline but a much larger, fee-funded institution operating in the same catchment region.
• City of London School: Selective private boys' day school in central London with elite academic outcomes; broader incumbent in boys' education, drawing from a wider London geography but competing for the same aspirational parent cohort.

Direct peers

• Tiffin School: Boys' state secondary school in Kingston upon Thames and fellow founder member of the London Boys' Schools Network; directly comparable boys-only maintained model with strong attainment profile.
• Forest School: Boys' independent day school in Walthamstow and fellow founder of the London Boys' Schools Network; comparable boys-only model with strong academic outcomes, though private fee-based.
• Wilson's School: Boys' grammar school in Sutton that is also a London Boys' Schools Network founder member; comparable boys' maintained model with strong Oxbridge and Russell Group progression.
• Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College: Mixed secondary school also located in Lewisham/New Cross with comparable cohort sizes and a similar non-selective intake. Direct competitor for Lewisham LA secondary applications.
• Kingsdale Foundation School: Mixed secondary in neighbouring Southwark with comparable GCSE outcomes, similar EdTech integration approach, and overlapping south-east London parent demographic.
• Bonus Pastor Catholic College: Mixed secondary school in Lewisham drawing from the same Local Authority admissions pool, with overlapping curriculum breadth and shared parent community.
• Prendergast School: Girls' secondary school in Lewisham competing for the same Lewisham LA applicants; comparable maintained model, similar Ofsted context, and similar post-16 destinations profile.
• Sydenham School: State secondary school in Lewisham and joint partner in the SFH6 Sixth Form provision with Forest Hill. Highly comparable as a neighbouring maintained secondary sharing curriculum, governance and post-16 infrastructure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/foresthillschoolse23
• Instagraminstagram.com/foresthillschool_se23
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/forest-hill-school-official

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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