Brockley's schools are good, and one of the best reasons to live here. The primaries do well in maths. The two state secondaries in the area get solid results. Across the borough, almost every school that has been inspected and graded is rated good or better. The bigger problem is getting a place.
There are six mainstream state primaries in the area. Their pupils average a Key Stage 2 maths score of about 106, which is above the level the scale treats as the expected standard. Myatt Garden Primary School, Gordonbrock Primary School and John Stainer Community Primary School are among them, and with six schools spread across one district, most children can walk to school. That matters in a district where so many households get by without a car.
At secondary level, the two mainstream state secondaries in the area average an Attainment 8 score of about 55 across their pupils. They are Prendergast School and Prendergast Ladywell School. Prendergast Ladywell appears on both the primary and the secondary list, so some families can stay at one school from age four to sixteen.
Ofsted's grades for the whole of Lewisham borough are close to a clean sheet. Of the 35 settings with a published grade, 34 are good or better, four of them outstanding, one requires improvement and none is inadequate. That is a record for the borough as a whole, and it says nothing certain about a particular classroom on a particular street.
Getting a place is where Brockley gets competitive. Lewisham council allocates places under its published admissions rules, and living near Myatt Garden does not secure a place there. Read those rules for the specific schools you are considering, alongside the plan for the house itself. Parents who choose a flat by how far it is from the school gate and read the rules afterwards usually learn them when the offer letters come out.
Brockley has produced writers before. The poet and novelist Alan Brownjohn went to school here.
Schools are one of Brockley's clear strengths. Strong primaries, steady secondaries and a borough with almost no weak grades make this an easy place to educate children, as long as you understand how the admissions rules work.