Prendergast Ladywell School
Manwood Road, Brockley, Lewisham, SE4 1SA
This school is closed (it closed in December 2023).
It was replaced by Prendergast Ladywell School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- All-through
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 4 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Niall Hand
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Lewisham, Deptford
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 1,320
- Pupils on roll
- 1,278
- URN
- 100747
- Local authority
- Lewisham
About this school
Prendergast Ladywell School was a foundation all-through school in Lewisham. It taught children aged 4 to 16 and had 1,278 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Prendergast Ladywell School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 50 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 48% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 74% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 60% | 65% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 68% | 75% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.00 | - |
| Writing progress | -4.30 | - |
| Maths progress | -3.00 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 166 | 168 |
| Attainment 8 score | 37.0 | 41.3 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.50 -0.74 to -0.27 | -0.29 -0.52 to -0.07 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 30% | 35.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 45% | 52.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 50% | 55.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.5 | 3.9 |
Trends over time
How Prendergast Ladywell 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 | Lewisham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 48% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 64.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Lewisham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 37 | 40 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 41.3 | 39.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 40.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
How Prendergast Ladywell School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 20% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 8.2% | 33.3% | 1,278 | — |
| Prendergast Ladywell School | 49.2 | 5.9% | 27.2% | 1,280 | 0.0 miles |
| Prendergast Vale School | 42.2 | 8.7% | 43.1% | 806 | 1.1 miles |
| St Matthew Academy | 47.2 | 5.7% | 39.5% | 1,063 | 1.6 miles |
| Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham | 48.3 | 5.1% | 30.1% | 1,048 | 1.6 miles |
| Dunraven School | 49.7 | 8.1% | 41% | 1,744 | 4.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 33.3%
- English as an additional language
- 39%
- Overall absence
- 8.2%
- Persistent absence
- 25.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Prendergast Ladywell School0.0 miles
All-through · Lewisham
-
Prendergast Vale School1.1 miles
All-through · London
-
St Matthew Academy1.6 miles
All-through · London
-
Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham1.6 miles
All-through · London
-
Dunraven School4.1 miles
All-through · London
Other schools in Lewisham
- Prendergast Ladywell School All-through
- Forster Park Primary School Primary
- The Young Women's Hub Special schools
Common questions
- What ages does Prendergast Ladywell School teach?
- Prendergast Ladywell School taught children aged 4 to 16. It was an all-through school in Lewisham.
- Has Prendergast Ladywell School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Prendergast Ladywell School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Prendergast Ladywell School?
- Prendergast Ladywell School had 1,278 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 16.
- How have Prendergast Ladywell School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 48% in 2022/23 and 62% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Prendergast Ladywell School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Prendergast Ladywell 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 31 December 2023.