page_title: Forest Hill School
section_title: Houses
hierarchical_section_title: Forest Hill School / Houses
caption_attribution_description: Picture of Forest Hill School's new main building, taken from a classroom
context_page_description: Forest Hill School is a boys' secondary comprehensive school located in Forest Hill, in the London Borough of Lewisham. The school is in federation with the girls' secondary, Sydenham School, which is nearby.
  In 2005 the school was given Performing Arts status for its Drama, Dance, Music and Art courses and currently has a silver artsmark from the English Arts Council. The school is now often oversubscribed and the catchment area has recently been reduced by around 200 yards. The school has an Investors in People award.
context_section_description: The four houses of Forest Hill are named after famous people of the 16th, 17th, 18th and early 20th centuries. While the house only initially determines which form the student is in, it also forms the basis of sport teams throughout each pupil's career at the school.
  Originally there were six houses, but two were later dropped: Browning and  Newton. When there were six houses Browning's house colour was red, Drake's dark blue, Reynold's light blue and Newton's maroon.
caption: The new main building of Forest Hill School seen during redevelopment in September 2007
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