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Prendergast School

Secondary · Girls · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Adelaide Avenue, Brockley, London SE4 1LE · prendergast-school.com · 020 8690 3710

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
64
average Attainment 8 score. Lewisham 46.7, England 46
Demand for places
1.4
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,052
52 over 1,000 places · 105%
Local authority
Lewisham
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
19.6%
First language not English
20.8%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Leathersellers' Federation of Schools

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 159 families put the school first and 115 places were offered; 61% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 172 (Places 117)172September 2023: 168 (Places 119)168September 2024: 164 (Places 118)164September 2025: 173 (Places 118)173September 2026: 159 (Places 115)159Places 115
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261151591.4▲61%
September 2025Sept 20251181731.5▲62%
September 2024Sept 20241181641.4▲63%
September 2023Sept 20231191681.4▲58%
September 2022Sept 20221171721.5▲55%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 64, and 73.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Lewisham it was 46.7, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B (38.7 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 56.6 (England 46.3)56.62017/18: 55.7 (England 46.5)55.72018/19: 56.0 (England 46.7)56.02021/22: 61.4 (England 48.8)61.42022/23: 60.7 (England 46.3)60.72023/24: 57.6 (England 45.9)57.62024/25: 64.0 (England 46.0)64.0England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲6446
▲73.3%45.4%
▲80.2%64.8%
▲87.9%40.5%
▲6.134.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 100750)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form67.8−3.6
Sixth form college11.3+3.3
Further education12.2−1.2
Other education0.90
Employment1.7+0.8
Not in a lasting destination5.2+1.6
Activity not captured0.9−0.9

Published for the predecessor school (URN 100750)

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 29.2 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 31.1 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 29.6 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 33.5 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 40.5 (England 37.9)B2022/23: 38.7 (England 34.2)B2023/24: 39.3 (England 34.4)B2024/25: 38.7 (England 35.0)BEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
178 studentsB (38.7)Average +0.02
178 studentsB (38.7)Average +0.03
54 studentsDist- (32.2)Average -0.04
34 studentsDist (33.8)Average +0.28
22.9%AAB or better
98.3%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24121B (39.3)+0.15
2022/23179B (38.7)—
2021/22134B (40.5)—
2018/19179C+ (33.5)+0.04
2017/18147C (29.6)-0.21
2016/17152C (31.1)-0.16
2015/16153C (29.2)-0.19

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University58.9+5.2
Further and other education8.5−3.8
Further education7.1−3.4
Other education1.4−0.5
Apprenticeship1.4+0.8
Employment14.2−4.3
Not in a lasting destination9.9−1.8
Activity not captured7.1+4

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Prendergast School on 18 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
18 Mar 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth formOutstanding

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Nov 2013

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 100750), which Ofsted links to this one.

Before September 2019

  • Nov 2013Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 100750)

  • Mar 2007Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 100750)

What parents said

93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (227 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
93%
Replies
227
22% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▲95% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▲95% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▲90% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲93% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▲95% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▲88% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▲88% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●90% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●91% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development●81% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲80% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 71% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼41% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 29% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲84% agreeEngland 67%

based on 54 parents (24%) with SEND

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