Lansdowne School
49 Combermere Road, London, SW9 9QD
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Executive Headteacher
- Mrs Linda Adams
- SEN provision
- VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Clapham and Brixton Hill
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 170
- Pupils on roll
- 163
- URN
- 100654
- Local authority
- Lambeth
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02077373713
About this school
Lansdowne School is a community special school in London. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 163 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Lansdowne School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 27 | 26 | 19 |
| Attainment 8 score | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.61 -2.20 to -1.01 | -1.71 -2.34 to -1.07 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 5.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Lansdowne School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Lambeth average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0.6 | 36.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 1.2 | 36.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 1.9 | 37.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 155 |
| 2023/24 | 164 |
| 2024/25 | 170 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 78.07%
- English as an additional language
- 29.4%
- Overall absence
- 9.76%
- Persistent absence
- 29.91%
Location
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Common questions
- What ages does Lansdowne School teach?
- Lansdowne School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a special school in London.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Lansdowne School?
- The executive headteacher of Lansdowne School is Mrs Linda Adams, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Lansdowne School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lansdowne School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Lansdowne School?
- Lansdowne School has 163 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Lansdowne School full?
- Lansdowne School has capacity for 170 pupils and 163 on roll (96%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Lansdowne School a faith school?
- No. Lansdowne School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Lansdowne School have?
- The schools register lists Lansdowne School's special educational needs provision as: VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Lansdowne School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 0.6 in 2022/23 and 1.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Lansdowne School's absence rate?
- Lansdowne School's overall absence rate is 9.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lansdowne School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lansdowne School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.