Prendergast Ladywell School[1]
Secondary · All-through · ages 4–16
Headline results
- Attainment 8
- A8 48 48.5 2025/26[2]
- KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
- KS2 59% 59% 2024/25[3]
Results
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 48.5 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 45% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 12.2% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[4]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[4]
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ in English & maths | Grade 7+ in English & maths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 49.2[5] | 47.7%[5] |
Primary (key stage 2)
- Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 59% 2024/25[3]
- Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 3% 2024/25[3]
- Reading, average scaled score
- 107 2024/25[3]
- Maths, average scaled score
- 104 2024/25[3]
Destinations after GCSEs
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 87% 2022/23[6]
- School sixth form
- 33% 2022/23[6]
- Sixth-form college
- 22% 2022/23[6]
- Further education college
- 28% 2022/23[6]
- Apprenticeship
- 1% 2022/23[6]
- Employment
- 3% 2022/23[6]
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
No published data for this school.
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Year 7
- Applications per place
- 6.5 Entry Sept 2026[7]
- Applications (any preference)
- 717 Entry Sept 2026[7]
- First preferences
- 120 Entry Sept 2026[7]
- Places offered
- 110 Entry Sept 2026[7]
- First preferences per place
- 1.1 Entry Sept 2026[7]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 781[7] | 150[7] | 115[7] | 6.8[7] | 1.3[7] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 803[7] | 145[7] | 113[7] | 7.1[7] | 1.3[7] |
Applications and offers, Reception
- Applications per place
- 4.1 Entry Sept 2026[7]
- Applications (any preference)
- 177 Entry Sept 2026[7]
- First preferences
- 33 Entry Sept 2026[7]
- Places offered
- 43 Entry Sept 2026[7]
- First preferences per place
- 0.8 Entry Sept 2026[7]
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Academy converter[1]
- Ages
- 4–16[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Admissions
- Non-selective[1]
- Sixth form
- No[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 1320[1]
- Trust
- LEATHERSELLERS' FEDERATION OF SCHOOLS[1]
- Local authority
- Lewisham[1]
- Website
- http://www.prendergast-ladywell.com[1]
- District
- Lewisham[8]
- Postcode
- SE4 1SA[1]
- URN
- 150318[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 1276 2024/25[9]
- English as an additional language
- 37.7% 2024/25[9]
- SEN support
- 15.1% 2024/25[9]
- EHC plan
- 4.7% 2024/25[9]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 27.2% 2024/25[9]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 46%[10]
- Mixed
- 19%[10]
- Asian
- 4%[10]
- Black
- 22.2%[10]
- Any other ethnic group
- 2.7%[10]
- Unclassified
- 6.1%[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: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, 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.
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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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- 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.
- 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.