Prendergast Ladywell School

General Info

Education Phase
Primary, Secondary
School rating
No rating
Gender
Mixed
Age range
4 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Lewisham
Unique reference
150318
Address
Manwood Road, Brockley, SE4 1SA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1276 (80% of total capacity)
Boys
62.5%
Girls
37.5%
First language not English
37.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
25.9%
Persistent absence
13.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 32.7%
Mixed 19.1%
Other White 12.1%
African 11.1%
Caribbean 8%
Unclassified 6.1%
Other 2.7%
Other Black 2%
Other Asian 1.8%
Pakistani 1.1%
Chinese 1.1%
Irish 0.9%
Indian 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 51%
Local authority average 54%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 48%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.2
Local authority average 46.6
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.64
Local authority average 4.29
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award16
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE26
BengaliGCSE1
BiologyGCSE26
Business Studies:SingleGCSE27
ChemistryGCSE26
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE16
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE25
Design & TechnologyGCSE52
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Prendergast Ladywell School

Admission Policy
n/a
Total available places
39
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
32
2nd preference
33
3rd preference
56
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
32
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes26.7
Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher26.4
Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher29
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Reception, Full-time
51
23
28
Year 1
47
21
26
Year 2
57
35
22
Year 3
58
28
30
Year 4
57
25
32
Year 5
59
34
25
Year 6
58
26
32
Year 7
177
120
57
Year 8
177
120
57
Year 9
180
114
66
Year 10
180
133
47
Year 11
175
118
57
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
89.5%
85.5%
Further education
28.0%
19.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
33.0%
44.5%
35.2%
Sixth form college
22.0%
25.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
1.2%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.2%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
4.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
6.0%
3.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023