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The Elms Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 53 52.7 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
52.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
54.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
18.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.91 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 52.8[6] 48.7%[6]
2023/24 53.7[4] 59.7%[4] +0.91[4]
2022/23 49.1[7] 50%[7] +0.58[7]
2021/22 55.7[8] 60%[8] +0.72[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
18.6% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B[10] 21.2%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 20.5%[11]
2021/22 A-[12] 52%[12]
2018/19 C-[13] 3.6%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
85% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
54% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
5% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
24% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 91%[15] 62%[15] 1%[15] 21%[15] 1%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 91%[16] 61%[16] 7%[16] 16%[16] 1%[16] 3%[16]
2019/20 92%[17] 53%[17] 7%[17] 30%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 92%[18] 54%[18] 1%[18] 36%[18] 0%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
82% 2022/23[19]
Education
70% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[19]
Employment
12% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 79%[20] 74%[20] 0%[20] 6%[20]
2020/21 85%[21] 61%[21] 3%[21] 21%[21]
2019/20 83%[22] 73%[22] 2%[22] 8%[22]
2018/19 74%[23] 58%[23] 5%[23] 11%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
78% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
51% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
11% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 75%[26] 37%[26]
2019/20 82%[25] 11%[25] 11%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 69%[27] 15%[27] 15%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 80%[28] 10%[28] 10%[28] 0%[28]

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
7 May 2025[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
22 Jun 2025[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Improved significantly[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
4 Feb 2020[30] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[30] Good[30]
4 Oct 2017[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] Requires improvement[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.7 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
614 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
162 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
130 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.2 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 456[32] 126[32] 130[32] 3.5[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2024 368[32] 84[32] 132[32] 2.8[32] 0.6[32]
Entry Sept 2023 307[32] 85[32] 132[32] 2.3[32] 0.6[32]
Entry Sept 2022 335[32] 69[32] 118[32] 2.8[32] 0.6[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Christian[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
875[1]
Trust
UNITED LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority
Lambeth[1]
Website
www.theelmsacademy.org.uk[1]
District
Lambeth[33]
Postcode
SW4 9ET[1]
URN
134815[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
836 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
41.9% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
16% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
4.1% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
56.6% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
21.6%[35]
Mixed
19%[35]
Asian
5.4%[35]
Black
37.8%[35]
Any other ethnic group
5.9%[35]
Unclassified
10.3%[35]

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

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    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.
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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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