Prendergast Vale School[1]
Secondary · All-through · ages 3–16
Headline results
- Attainment 8
- A8 40 40.2 2025/26[2]
- KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
- KS2 55% 55% 2024/25[3]
Results
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 40.2 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 28.6% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 4.2% 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 | 42.2[5] | 34.5%[5] |
Primary (key stage 2)
- Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 55% 2024/25[3]
- Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 3% 2024/25[3]
- Reading, average scaled score
- 103 2024/25[3]
- Maths, average scaled score
- 103 2024/25[3]
Destinations after GCSEs
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 89% 2022/23[6]
- School sixth form
- 46% 2022/23[6]
- Sixth-form college
- 21% 2022/23[6]
- Further education college
- 20% 2022/23[6]
- Apprenticeship
- 1% 2022/23[6]
- Employment
- 0% 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
- 4.5 Entry Sept 2026[7]
- Applications (any preference)
- 291 Entry Sept 2026[7]
- First preferences
- 35 Entry Sept 2026[7]
- Places offered
- 64 Entry Sept 2026[7]
- First preferences per place
- 0.5 Entry Sept 2026[7]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 360[7] | 44[7] | 84[7] | 4.3[7] | 0.5[7] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 376[7] | 38[7] | 89[7] | 4.2[7] | 0.4[7] |
Applications and offers, Reception
- Applications per place
- 3.4 Entry Sept 2026[7]
- Applications (any preference)
- 103 Entry Sept 2026[7]
- First preferences
- 32 Entry Sept 2026[7]
- Places offered
- 30 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 | 87[7] | 22[7] | 29[7] | 3.0[7] | 0.8[7] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 102[7] | 37[7] | 30[7] | 3.4[7] | 1.2[7] |
Admissions
- Application deadline, 11+ entry
- 31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[8]
- Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
- 120 Entry Sept 2027[8]
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Academy converter[1]
- Ages
- 3–16[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Admissions
- Non-selective[1]
- Sixth form
- No[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 830[1]
- Trust
- LEATHERSELLERS' FEDERATION OF SCHOOLS[1]
- Local authority
- Lewisham[1]
- Website
- www.prendergast-vale.com[1]
- District
- Lewisham[9]
- Postcode
- SE13 7BN[1]
- URN
- 150351[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 799 2024/25[10]
- English as an additional language
- 48.4% 2024/25[10]
- SEN support
- 15.6% 2024/25[10]
- EHC plan
- 1.9% 2024/25[10]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 43.1% 2024/25[10]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 20.6%[11]
- Mixed
- 17%[11]
- Asian
- 10%[11]
- Black
- 42.6%[11]
- Any other ethnic group
- 5.5%[11]
- Unclassified
- 4.3%[11]
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.
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prendergast-vale.com: prendergast-vale.com — Admissions arrangements for entry into year 7. Period 2026-10-16.
Licence: copyright-quoted.
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The closing date for Secondary Transfer applications (via eadmissions.org.uk) is 11:59pm on Friday 31 October 2026. (p. 1)
Our Published Admissions Number (PAN) is 120 students. (p. 1)
- 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.