Haberdashers' Knights Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 26 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Lewisham
Unique reference
135070
Address
Launcelot Road, BR1 5EB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1254 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
58.9%
Girls
41.1%
First language not English
21%
Free school meals (FSM)
38.2%
Persistent absence
29.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.4%
Pupil ethnicities
African 24.4%
Caribbean 17.3%
White British 14%
Mixed 12.6%
Other White 8.9%
Other Black 6.2%
Other Asian 6%
Other 3%
Unclassified 2.5%
Chinese 1.5%
Bangladeshi 1.1%
Indian 1%
Pakistani 1%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.1
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 72%
Local authority average 52%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 37%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.7
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.2
Local authority average 4.11
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award34
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE28
BiologyGCSE25
Business Studies:SingleGCSE82
ChemistryGCSE25
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE30
Design & TechnologyGCSE23
EconomicsGCSE21
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Haberdashers' Knights Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
210
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
128
2nd preference
93
3rd preference
90
From another Local Authority
37
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
127
2nd preference
42
3rd preference
25
To another Local Authority
17
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.1
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
203
125
78
Year 8
205
129
76
Year 9
199
114
85
Year 10
203
118
85
Year 11
185
104
81
Year 12
115
70
45
Year 13
144
78
66
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
91.4%
86.5%
Further education
19.0%
21.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
52.0%
49.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
14.0%
19.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
1.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
0.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
4.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
85.0%
83.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
9.0%
14.7%
19.7%
Russell Group
9.0%
13.9%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.9%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.1%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020
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