The Elms Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 5 2020 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Christian
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Lambeth
Unique reference
134815
Address
Elms Road, Clapham, SW4 9ET

Pupils

Number of Pupils
813 (64% of total capacity)
Boys
54.0%
Girls
46.0%
First language not English
43.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
45.3%
Persistent absence
23.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.2%
Pupil ethnicities
African 18.9%
Mixed 16.7%
Caribbean 15%
Other White 11.6%
Unclassified 10.9%
Other 8.2%
White British 7.1%
Other Black 6.5%
Other Asian 2.3%
Bangladeshi 1%
Chinese 0.9%
Indian 0.4%
Pakistani 0.4%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.58
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 49%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 50%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.1
Local authority average 44.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.36
Local authority average 3.96
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award13
MultimediaTechnical Award18
Sports StudiesTechnical Award9
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE33
BiologyGCSE35
Business Studies:SingleGCSE42
ChemistryGCSE35
ChineseGCSE22
English LanguageGCSE140
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

The Elms Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
132
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
84
2nd preference
82
3rd preference
77
From another Local Authority
47
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
84
2nd preference
25
3rd preference
17
To another Local Authority
16
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
132
65
67
Year 8
133
79
54
Year 9
112
71
41
Year 10
132
73
59
Year 11
147
77
70
Year 12
101
44
57
Year 13
56
30
26
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
88.9%
85.6%
Further education
21.0%
26.1%
35.4%
School sixth form
62.0%
54.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
1.0%
7.9%
13.0%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
2.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.9%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
6.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.8%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
75.0%
75.2%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
37.0%
30.2%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.4%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021