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Prendergast School

Adelaide Avenue, Brockley, London, SE4 1LE ·

Ofsted:Outstanding in all areas· 2025

At a glance

A state girls' secondary academy for ages 11–18 in London. Ofsted inspection (March 2025): Outstanding in all areas (no overall grade was given). GCSE results are well above the England average (Attainment 8: 64.0 vs 46.1, 2024/25). Oversubscribed: 159 families put it first for 115 places (September 2026 entry).

Ages: 11–18
Pupils: 1,052
Gender: Girls
Sixth form: Yes
Admissions: Non-selective
Local authority: Lewisham
Academy trust: LEATHERSELLERS' FEDERATION OF SCHOOLS
Headteacher: Ms Kelly Lovegrove
Opened: Jan 2024

School website 02086903710 Explore the area

Inspection

Ofsted (framework in use until November 2025)

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Graded inspection 18 Mar 2025

Inspections from September 2024 did not give an overall grade, only the separate judgements below.

Quality of education: Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
Personal development: Outstanding
Leadership and management: Outstanding
Sixth form: Outstanding

Safeguarding effective: Yes

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Exam results

Department for Education performance tables

GCSE results, 2024/25 · 116 pupils

Attainment 8

64.0

England 46.1

Grade 5+ Eng & maths

73.3%

England 45.4%

Grade 4+ Eng & maths

80.2%

England 64.8%

Progress 8

+0.57

2023/24 · CI 0.31 to 0.84

This school

Lewisham

46.7

England

46.1

Attainment 8 over time

Earlier years include results published for this school's predecessor (URN 100750), for example before it converted to an academy.

Progress 8 isn't published for 2024/25 because those pupils had no KS2 test results (tests were cancelled in 2020). Exams were not held in 2019/20 or 2020/21.

Admissions

Demand for places and how places are allocated

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Year 7 entry, September 2026 (national offer day data)

Offers made

115

1st preferences

159

All applications

555

1st prefs per place

1.38

More first choices than places

97 of 159 first-preference applicants were offered a place (61%). 2 offers went to families living in another council area.

Oversubscribed with first preferences

Earlier years include data recorded for this school's predecessor.

Catchment area

We don't have an official catchment boundary for this school. Many schools don't have one, and few councils publish boundaries as open data. We don't estimate catchments. Check the school's admissions policy or the council's admissions booklet.

Last distance offered

Not published nationally. Many councils publish the furthest distance offered for each school in their annual allocation reports. Past distances vary year to year with demand and sibling numbers, so they are not a guarantee.

How places are allocated: you apply through your home council. When a school has more applicants than places, it applies its published oversubscription criteria in order. These usually start with looked-after children, then siblings, then catchment or distance; faith schools may prioritise church attendance. Children with an EHC plan naming the school are admitted first. Apply on GOV.UK

Pupils

School census 2024/25

Pupils

1,025

Capacity

1,000

105% full

Girls / boys

86/14

Girls

Eligible for free school meals (last 6 years)21.7%
English as an additional language23.4%
SEN support7.1%
Education, Health and Care plan1.8%
The black tick shows the median for state-funded secondary schools in England.