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Prendergast School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 59 59.0 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B B 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
59 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
68.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
24.8% 2025/26[2]
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
2024/25 64[5] 73.3%[5]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
22.9% 2024/25[3]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[6]
School sixth form
72% 2022/23[6]
Sixth-form college
11% 2022/23[6]
Further education college
9% 2022/23[6]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[6]
Employment
3% 2022/23[6]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
84% 2022/23[7]
UK higher education
55% 2022/23[7]
Education
63% 2022/23[7]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[7]
Employment
17% 2022/23[7]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
78% 2021/22[8]
Top third of most selective universities
29% 2021/22[8]

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
18 Mar 2025[9]
Type
S5 Inspection[9]
Report published
8 May 2025[9]
Personal development
Outstanding[9]
Quality of education
Outstanding[9]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[9]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[9]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[9]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[9]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.8 Entry Sept 2026[10]
Applications (any preference)
555 Entry Sept 2026[10]
First preferences
159 Entry Sept 2026[10]
Places offered
115 Entry Sept 2026[10]
First preferences per place
1.4 Entry Sept 2026[10]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 523[10] 173[10] 118[10] 4.4[10] 1.5[10]
Entry Sept 2024 587[10] 164[10] 118[10] 5.0[10] 1.4[10]

Admissions

Application deadline, 11+ entry
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[11]
Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
120 Entry Sept 2027[11]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1000[1]
Trust
LEATHERSELLERS' FEDERATION OF SCHOOLS[1]
Local authority
Lewisham[1]
Website
http://www.prendergast-school.com/[1]
District
Lewisham[12]
Postcode
SE4 1LE[1]
URN
150319[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1025 2024/25[13]
English as an additional language
23.4% 2024/25[13]
SEN support
7.1% 2024/25[13]
EHC plan
1.8% 2024/25[13]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
21.7% 2024/25[13]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
47.6%[14]
Mixed
19.9%[14]
Asian
7.7%[14]
Black
18.3%[14]
Any other ethnic group
2.6%[14]
Unclassified
3.9%[14]

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: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, 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 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 progression to higher education. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. 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.
  11. prendergast-school.com: prendergast-school.com — Admission arrangements for entry into year 7 in september 2027. Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (2)
    The closing date for secondary transfer applications (via www.eadmissions.org.uk ) is 31 October 2026. (p. 1)
    Our Published Admissions Number (PAN) is 120 female students. (p. 1)
  12. 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.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. 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.