Prendergast Ladywell School
All-through · Lewisham · SE4 1SA
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1,280 pupils · 97% of 1,320 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 4–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 28.8% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 37.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 15.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 4.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
- URN
- 150318
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 120 families named it first for 110 Year 7 places, 1.09 first choices per place. We hold 3 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2020 to 2023; none was decided by a published distance. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.77 first-choice applications per place43 places offered · 33 first-choice applications · usually has places
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
1.09 first-choice applications per place110 places offered · 120 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2014 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Every applicant was offered a place for 2014 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2023 entry.
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Lewisham school admissions
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
58 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
GCSE results (2024/2025)
176 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Schools with a similar intake
Attainment 8, 2024/2025
On attainment 8, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.
They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Holland Park School | 59.4 | |
| Ruislip High School | 54.1 | |
| East Barnet School | 53 | |
| Rutlish School | 60.5 | |
| Coombe Boys' School | 54.8 | |
| Wimbledon College | 57 | |
| The Swan School | 55.4 | |
| Sir William Ramsay School | 35.4 | |
| Didsbury High School | 57.1 | |
| Highgate Wood Secondary School | 56.3 | |
| Lift Richmond Park | 56.1 | |
| The Grange School | 40.4 |
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 33% (Lewisham 23%, England 59%) · Black African 12% (Lewisham 20%, England 5%) · Any other White background 12% (Lewisham 10%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 8% (Lewisham 8%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 7% (Lewisham 10%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 6% (Lewisham 5%, England 2%) · Not recorded 6% (Lewisham 3%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 3% (Lewisham 4%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Lewisham 5%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Lewisham 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Lewisham 3%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Lewisham 3%, England 3%) · White Irish 1% (Lewisham 1%, England 0%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Lewisham 1%, England 5%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Lewisham 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
13.56 suspensions per 100 pupils and 3 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Lewisham: 11.20 suspensions and 0.10 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
88% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 8% left the state-funded sector
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 1.34% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
74.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.9 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £62,810; 10% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for all-through schools in brackets: Staff 72% (78%) · premises 11% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 4% (4%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £530,000; in-year balance +£832,000
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared
Where pupils go after GCSEs
Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 8/10less deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 63.3% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 8.6% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 56% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 10.2% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 59.8% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 82.8% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 3.6% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 13.6% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 1.7% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 6.1% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 27% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 29% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003225 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £514,500754 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £367,500–£745,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 1an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 6an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 39an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 5an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted
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