Platanos College
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- Good Oct 20 2021 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 19 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- None
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- Lambeth
- Unique reference
- 136450
- Address
- Clapham Road, SW9 0AL
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 844 (84% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 50.4%
- Girls
- 49.6%
- First language not English
- 71.1%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 59.6%
- Persistent absence
- 25.8%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 28.1%
African 35.7%
Other White 19.7%
Caribbean 17.4%
Mixed 7.9%
Other 6.6%
Bangladeshi 4.6%
White British 4.4%
Other Black 1.3%
Chinese 0.8%
Other Asian 0.7%
Indian 0.5%
Pakistani 0.4%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- 0.37
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- 0.01
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 41%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 59%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 49.8
Local authority average 44.8
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 4.46
Local authority average 3.96
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Additional Mathematics FSMQ | Other General Qualification (Level 3) | 11 |
Arabic | GCSE | 1 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 24 |
Art & Design (Graphics) | GCSE | 35 |
Biology | GCSE | 34 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 27 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 34 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 25 |
English Language | GCSE | 185 |
English Literature | GCSE | 184 |
Admissions
Platanos College
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 155
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 96
- 2nd preference
- 68
- 3rd preference
- 54
- From another Local Authority
- 24
Offers
- 1st preference
- 96
- 2nd preference
- 20
- 3rd preference
- 11
- To another Local Authority
- 8
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 26.1 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 155 82 73 |
Year 8 | 158 75 83 |
Year 9 | 152 72 80 |
Year 10 | 194 100 94 |
Year 11 | 185 96 89 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 90.0% 91.0% 86.5% |
Further education | 34.0% 26.1% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 41.0% 54.2% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 15.0% 9.5% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 0.0% 1.3% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 3.0% 2.0% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 1.0% 0.8% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 3.0% 4.9% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 2.0% 1.3% 1.0% |
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