Prendergast School
Adelaide Avenue, Brockley, London, SE4 1LE
This school is closed (it closed in December 2023).
It was replaced by Prendergast School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Ms Kelly Lovegrove
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Lewisham, Deptford
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 1,000
- Pupils on roll
- 958
- URN
- 100750
- Local authority
- Lewisham
About this school
Prendergast School was a girls' voluntary aided secondary school in London. It taught children aged 11 to 18 and had 958 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Prendergast 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 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 117 | 115 |
| Attainment 8 score | 60.7 | 57.6 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.59 +0.33 to +0.85 | +0.57 +0.31 to +0.84 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 67% | 64.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 85% | 78.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 85% | 79.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.6 | 5.5 |
Trends over time
How Prendergast 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 | 60.7 | 40 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 57.6 | 39.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 40.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
How Prendergast School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 25% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7.6% | 23.9% | 958 | — |
| Prendergast School | 64 | 6% | 21.7% | 1,052 | 0.0 miles |
| Haberdashers' Hatcham College | 50.5 | 6.8% | 32.2% | 1,375 | 1.0 miles |
| Addey and Stanhope School | 41.1 | 8.3% | 51.2% | 589 | 1.1 miles |
| Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich | 54.3 | 7.8% | 49.3% | 809 | 1.3 miles |
| Deptford Green School | 47.7 | 7.3% | 46.5% | 888 | 1.4 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)
- 23.9%
- English as an additional language
- 28.1%
- Overall absence
- 7.6%
- Persistent absence
- 24.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Prendergast School0.0 miles
Secondary · London
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Haberdashers' Hatcham College1.0 miles
Secondary · London
-
Addey and Stanhope School1.1 miles
Secondary · London
-
Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich1.3 miles
Secondary · London
-
Deptford Green School1.4 miles
Secondary · London
Other schools in London
- Acland Burghley School Secondary
- Ada Lovelace Church of England High School Secondary
- Addey and Stanhope School Secondary
- AIM Academy North London Secondary
- Alexandra Park School Secondary
- All Saints Catholic College Secondary
- All Saints Catholic High School Secondary
- Ark Acton Academy Secondary
- Ark All Saints Academy Secondary
- Ark Bolingbroke Academy Secondary
- Ark Burlington Danes Academy Secondary
- Ark Elvin Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Prendergast School teach?
- Prendergast School taught children aged 11 to 18. It was a secondary school in London.
- Has Prendergast School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Prendergast 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 big is Prendergast School?
- Prendergast School had 958 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- How have Prendergast School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 60.7 in 2022/23 and 57.6 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 School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Prendergast 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.