Principal's welcome

Lewisham's multi-award-winning Enterprise Academy

Welcome to the vibrant, caring and Christian learning community of St Matthew Academy. The Academy has a magnificent new building where students are taught in a stimulating school environment and use sophisticated information and communications technology to get the most from their learning.

Our curriculum, pastoral care, teaching and learning, and community links are designed to develop self-disciplined, self confident, adaptable, skilled learners ready to take their place through further or higher education in the fast-paced, international community of 21st-century London. Our specialism in Business and Enterprise ensures that our students are given every opportunity to develop initiative, creative thinking and collaborative skills through the Academy's systems and events and through links with local businesses.

As a Catholic academy we endeavor to develop the spiritual lives of our children and their understanding of moral and ethical issues, and of Catholic values. We see diversity as a cause for celebration and enrichment, and our students are strongly supported and inspired to achieve and succeed whatever their background, ethnic origin, gender, ability or interests.

Please feel free to contact us on 020 8853 6250 should you wish to tour the Academy and see what puts St Matthew in the top five per cent of schools in the UK for student achievement.

Monica Cross
Principal