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Prendergast Vale School

All-through · London · SE13 7BN

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At a glance

806 pupils · 97% of 830 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
42.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
48.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.prendergast-vale.com
URN
150351

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 35 families named it first for 64 Year 7 places, 0.55 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 8.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.07 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 32 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.55 first-choice applications per place

64 places offered · 35 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

24/25
25/26
26/27

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 2023 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Every applicant was offered a place for 2023 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

29 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
55%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
3%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
England 105

GCSE results (2024/2025)

116 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
42.2
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
56%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
34.5%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4
England 4.1

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

This school42.2
Median of its 12 closest peers40.5
Lewisham average47.7
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is in line with 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.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Beechwood SchoolSlough · 27 miles awayRequires improvement36
Islip Manor High SchoolNortholt · 17 miles awayNo current grade38.3
The St Lawrence AcademyScunthorpe · 149 miles awayExpected standard41.1
Kings Heath Secondary SchoolBirmingham · 103 miles awayGood40
Meadow Park SchoolCoventry · 89 miles awayRequires improvement34.9
The Archbishop Lanfranc AcademyCroydon · 7 miles awayGood39.1
Stuart Bathurst Catholic High SchoolWednesbury · 114 miles awayGood41.4
Harris Invictus Academy CroydonCroydon · 7 miles awayOutstanding45
St Peter's CofE AcademyStoke-on-Trent · 140 miles awayGood34.4
Foxford Community SchoolCoventry · 93 miles awayGood41
Sedgehill AcademyLondon · 3 miles awayGood43.9
Mount St Mary's Catholic High SchoolLeeds · 173 miles awayOutstanding49.6

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 24% (Lewisham 20%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 14% (Lewisham 10%, England 1%) · White British 10% (Lewisham 23%, England 59%) · Any other White background 10% (Lewisham 10%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 7% (Lewisham 8%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 6% (Lewisham 5%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 5% (Lewisham 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5% (Lewisham 5%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Lewisham 3%, England 3%) · Not recorded 4% (Lewisham 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 4% (Lewisham 3%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Lewisham 1%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Lewisham 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Lewisham 1%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Lewisham 1%, England 5%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Lewisham 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 0%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
8.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
25.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

22.65 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 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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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

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 2% moved to another state school · 7% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 4.24% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

85.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 10.1 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 £63,409; 11.8% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£9,640
Typical all-through school£7,789

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for all-through schools in brackets: Staff 75% (78%) · premises 11% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (1%) · catering 4% (4%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £194,000; in-year balance +£558,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
89%
Continuing in education
88%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
0%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher52.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work38.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways17.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health59.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier17.3%62.3%
Social housing58.1%17.1%
Privately rented24.7%20.5%
Detached houses0.6%22.9%
Flats86.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms3.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van63.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01034395 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£436,000850 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£335,000–£630,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (5)£1,150,000
Semi-detached (47)£875,000
Terraced (174)£725,000
Flat (624)£387,000

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
5an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
40an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
206an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
41an 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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