Schools
The recently (2007-8) rebuilt Crofton School - now renamed Prendergast Ladywell Fields College - is the main secondary school in the area and is located on Manwood Road. The area has a number of primary schools, including:
- Beecroft Garden Primary School (formerly known as Brockley Primary School) which was rebuilt in 2011-12).
- Stillness Primary School in Brockley Rise.
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