Vanguard School[1]
Special · ages 11–19
Headline results
Special schools' results are not shown as headlines: they are not comparable with mainstream schools'.
Results
Results at special schools and alternative provision aren't comparable with mainstream schools'. Shown as published, not compared.
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 9.3 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 0% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 0% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8
- -2.77 2023/24[3]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[4]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[4]
Ofsted
- Latest inspection
- 1 Jul 2025[6]
- Type
- Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[6]
- Report published
- 18 Sep 2025[6]
- Personal development
- Good[6]
- Quality of education
- Good[6]
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good[6]
- Safeguarding is effective?
- Yes[6]
- Sixth form provision (where applicable)
- Good[6]
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Good[6]
Competition to get in
No published data for this school.
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Free schools special[1]
- Ages
- 11–19[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Sixth form
- Yes[1]
- Capacity
- 78[1]
- Trust
- LIBERTY ACADEMY TRUST LTD.[1]
- Local authority
- Lambeth[1]
- Website
- https://www.vanguardschool.org.uk/[1]
- District
- Lambeth[8]
- Postcode
- SE11 6QH[1]
- URN
- 142928[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 63 2024/25[9]
- English as an additional language
- 7.9% 2024/25[9]
- SEN support
- 1.6% 2024/25[9]
- EHC plan
- 98.4% 2024/25[9]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 58.9% 2024/25[9]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 25.4%[10]
- Mixed
- 32.4%[10]
- Asian
- 1.4%[10]
- Black
- 31%[10]
- Any other ethnic group
- 8.5%[10]
- Unclassified
- 1.4%[10]
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
- 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.
- 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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- 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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- 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.