The Elmgreen School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 30 2022 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
144309
Address
Elmcourt Road, Tulse Hill, SE27 9BZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1132 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
52.1%
Girls
47.9%
First language not English
25.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
32.2%
Persistent absence
32.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 20.5%
Mixed 19.3%
African 14.6%
Caribbean 13.3%
Other White 13%
Unclassified 8.2%
Other 4.1%
Other Black 3.6%
Other Asian 1.1%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Irish 0.6%
Indian 0.5%
Pakistani 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.08
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 28%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 47.3
Local authority average 44.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.95
Local authority average 3.96
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award13
Sports StudiesTechnical Award18
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award14
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award43
Art & DesignGCSE43
BiologyGCSE58
ChemistryGCSE58
ChineseGCSE10
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE35
Design & TechnologyGCSE17
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Elmgreen School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
163
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
143
2nd preference
165
3rd preference
181
From another Local Authority
206
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
90
2nd preference
35
3rd preference
22
To another Local Authority
8
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 classes21.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
179
82
97
Year 8
181
92
89
Year 9
177
91
86
Year 10
178
93
85
Year 11
182
105
77
Year 12
136
68
68
Year 13
99
59
40
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
91.0%
86.5%
Further education
27.0%
26.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
55.0%
54.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
6.0%
9.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
2.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.3%
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
80.0%
76.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
23.0%
24.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
17.0%
21.9%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
2.9%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.1%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020