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Platanos College[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 46 46.3 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
46.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
54.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
15.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.22 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 40.8[5] 35.6%[5]
2023/24 44[3] 46.8%[3] -0.22[3]
2022/23 49.8[6] 59%[6] +0.37[6]
2021/22 47.6[7] 55%[7] -0.40[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
E+ 2024/25[8]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
0% 2024/25[8]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[9]
School sixth form
56% 2022/23[9]
Sixth-form college
15% 2022/23[9]
Further education college
23% 2022/23[9]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[9]
Employment
1% 2022/23[9]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 93%[10] 43%[10] 13%[10] 35%[10] 2%[10] 1%[10]
2020/21 95%[11] 41%[11] 15%[11] 34%[11] 1%[11] 3%[11]
2019/20 88%[12] 37%[12] 16%[12] 34%[12] 0%[12] 1%[12]
2018/19 94%[13] 31%[13] 17%[13] 44%[13] 1%[13] 2%[13]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
19 Oct 2021[14]
Type
S5 Inspection[14]
Report published
14 Mar 2022[14]
Personal development
Good[14]
Quality of education
Good[14]
Overall effectiveness
Good[14]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[14]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[14]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.0 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference)
199 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences
67 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered
99 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 216[15] 72[15] 120[15] 1.8[15] 0.6[15]
Entry Sept 2024 254[15] 98[15] 139[15] 1.8[15] 0.7[15]
Entry Sept 2023 269[15] 96[15] 155[15] 1.7[15] 0.6[15]
Entry Sept 2022 370[15] 122[15] 154[15] 2.4[15] 0.8[15]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
160 Entry Sept 2027[16]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1000[1]
Trust
THE PLATANOS TRUST[1]
Local authority
Lambeth[1]
Website
http://www.platanoscollege.com/[1]
District
Lambeth[17]
Postcode
SW9 0AL[1]
URN
136450[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
916 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language
72.1% 2024/25[18]
SEN support
18.9% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan
3.7% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
62.1% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
21%[19]
Mixed
7.4%[19]
Asian
6.7%[19]
Black
57.4%[19]
Any other ethnic group
7.6%[19]
Unclassified
0%[19]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. platanoscollege.com: platanoscollege.com — Admissions policy. Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    The published admissions number (PAN) for Year 7 is 160, which includes pupils admitted through the banding process and under the Art or Music selection process. (p. 1)
  17. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.