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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]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
19 Oct 2021[9]
Type
S5 Inspection[9]
Report published
14 Mar 2022[9]
Personal development
Good[9]
Quality of education
Good[9]
Overall effectiveness
Good[9]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[9]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[9]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[9]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.0 Entry Sept 2026[10]
Applications (any preference)
199 Entry Sept 2026[10]
First preferences
67 Entry Sept 2026[10]
Places offered
99 Entry Sept 2026[10]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place
Entry Sept 2025 216[10] 72[10] 120[10] 1.8[10]
Entry Sept 2024 254[10] 98[10] 139[10] 1.8[10]
Entry Sept 2023 269[10] 96[10] 155[10] 1.7[10]
Entry Sept 2022 370[10] 122[10] 154[10] 2.4[10]

Admissions

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

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[12]
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[13]
English as an additional language
72.1% 2024/25[13]
SEN support
18.9% 2024/25[13]
EHC plan
3.7% 2024/25[13]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
62.1% 2024/25[13]

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. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. 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. 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)
  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.