Which are the best state secondary schools in London?

Everyone I know is v happy with Charter East Dulwich...though only one year in. If you have a girl Sydenham school (formerly Sydenham Girls) is a fab school and v sought after especially last two years. Catchment getting increasingly small though but think you could possibly get house for £700,000 - crofton park/forest hill /Sydenham etc. Also in that area for girls is Prendergast Hilly Fields which has good reputation. Sydenham would still be my first choice though

noitsnotteatimeyet that looks like a house that time forgot.... Worse state than the two bed one I'm thinking of that sold for over £600K (the latter much closer to St George's though).

Graveney's admission area is very tight - I can only see this house in the right area for that budget

If you're in the catchment for Ernest Bevin you wouldn't be in the catchment for Graveney

@Rose0 off to check. That's unbelievably affordable for the area. What part of Tooting are these in - ex LA, I'm wondering?

Teddygirlonce I just had a check on "rightmove" and there surprisingly are - admittedly only 5/6 but they're there! The £550 000 one particularly surprised me. I suppose people may offer way over the asking price, but that's certainly the price offered.

Almost certainly JFS which had 92% A-C this year at GCSE and 82% A-B at A level plus about a dozen to Oxbridge. It has to be pretty much the best non selective state school in the country. Places are allocated mainly by lottery with a small number by distance and £700k would buy you a house close by but it's a Jewish school so you'd need to meet the faith criteria.

a few four bed terraces going for £550 000-£700 000 - are there? Know of two bed terraces in Tooting selling for well over £600K and not in good condition either (i.e. not renovated since the 1970s)!

There will also be a Harris Academy Wimbledon opening in time for the next academic year.

Sutton is more affordable and has five of the perceived to be the 'best' grammar schools (and their comprehensives are well regarded too) in London. House prices are more affordable (there's no Tube line that far out although bus and train links are good) and you could probably get a family home within your budget. But not particularly good for accessing West London unless driving?

You could try south west London somewhere on the northern line (then change to central at Bank and Monument) such as the Tooting area, where there are a few four bed terraces going for £550 000-£700 000 (though quite a number fall just over that budget). That could put you in the area for Woodmansterne/Graveney/Ernest Bevin/Harris Academy Merton, all of which are outstanding, in terms of academics and other opportunities from what I know.

Central Foundation Boys school in Islington. The results are phenomenal and the head is incredibly impressive.

Sorry I didn't see the rest of your post - £700k would not buy you a house within the v tight catchment of Charter. Kingsdale operates a lottery system so there is no catchment so you can effectively live anywhere - but obviously you wouldn't want to live miles away. You might find a property for £700,000 that's not too far - Crystal Palace area. No tubes in south east London but overground and bus routes to most areas of London are pretty good

The Charter (North Dulwich)
Also Kingsdale possibly (west dulwich)

Waldegrave Girls in Twickenham?