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The Elmgreen School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 45 44.7 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
44.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
40.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
13.9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.37 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 40.1[6] 30.3%[6]
2023/24 42.5[4] 40.7%[4] -0.37[4]
2022/23 47.3[7] 44%[7] +0.08[7]
2021/22 44.5[8] 37%[8] -0.35[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
6.9% 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 C-[10] 7%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 4.3%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 12.3%[12]
2018/19 C-[13] 9.3%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
64% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
2% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
26% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[14]
Employment
0% 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 94%[15] 57%[15] 3%[15] 30%[15] 1%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 93%[16] 55%[16] 6%[16] 27%[16] 1%[16] 4%[16]
2019/20 91%[17] 57%[17] 4%[17] 28%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 91%[18] 36%[18] 8%[18] 45%[18] 0%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[19]
Education
66% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[19]
Employment
21% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 87%[20] 66%[20] 1%[20] 20%[20]
2020/21 86%[21] 69%[21] 1%[21] 16%[21]
2019/20 73%[22] 61%[22] 1%[22] 11%[22]
2018/19 86%[23] 60%[23] 1%[23] 24%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
71% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
14% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
17% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
2% 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 84%[26] 30%[26]
2019/20 80%[25] 23%[25] 17%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 72%[27] 11%[27] 11%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 71%[28] 8%[28] 5%[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
29 Jun 2022[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
21 Sep 2022[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
14 Jan 2020[30] Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.0 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
683 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
120 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
172 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 747[31] 154[31] 167[31] 4.5[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2024 792[31] 143[31] 163[31] 4.9[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2023 697[31] 122[31] 165[31] 4.2[31] 0.7[31]
Entry Sept 2022 792[31] 132[31] 172[31] 4.6[31] 0.8[31]

Admissions

Application deadline
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[32]

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
1100[1]
Trust
THE DUNRAVEN EDUCATIONAL TRUST[1]
Local authority
Lambeth[1]
Website
http://www.the-elmgreen-school.org.uk/[1]
District
Lambeth[33]
Postcode
SE27 9BZ[1]
URN
144309[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1110 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
27.9% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
10.2% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
6% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
43.6% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
31%[35]
Mixed
19.6%[35]
Asian
3.7%[35]
Black
36%[35]
Any other ethnic group
3.9%[35]
Unclassified
5.9%[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

  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.
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    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.
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    Quote
    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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    Quote
    The deadline to submit this form is 31 October 2026. (p. 1)
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