Prendergast Vale School
Elmira Street, Lewisham, London, SE13 7BN
This school is closed (it closed in December 2023).
It was replaced by Prendergast Vale School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- All-through
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 3 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mr Edmund Coogan
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Lewisham, Deptford
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 830
- Pupils on roll
- 830
- URN
- 135843
- Local authority
- Lewisham
About this school
Prendergast Vale School was a foundation all-through school in London. It taught children aged 3 to 16 and had 830 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Prendergast Vale School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2011, 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 | 28 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 54% | 52% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 52% |
| Expected standard in maths | 71% | 59% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 79% | 62% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.20 | - |
| Writing progress | +1.00 | - |
| Maths progress | +2.30 | - |
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 | 118 | 115 |
| Attainment 8 score | 45.7 | 45.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.01 -0.29 to +0.27 | +0.04 -0.23 to +0.32 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 41% | 44.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% | 71.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 78% | 80.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.5 | 4.4 |
Trends over time
How Prendergast Vale 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 | 54% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 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 | 45.7 | 40 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 45.4 | 39.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 40.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
How Prendergast Vale School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 9.5% | 39.2% | 830 | — |
| Prendergast Vale School | 42.2 | 8.7% | 43.1% | 806 | 0.0 miles |
| St Matthew Academy | 47.2 | 5.7% | 39.5% | 1,063 | 0.7 miles |
| Prendergast Ladywell School | 49.2 | 5.9% | 27.2% | 1,280 | 1.1 miles |
| Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham | 48.3 | 5.1% | 30.1% | 1,048 | 1.2 miles |
| St Paul's Way Trust School | 51.8 | 5.4% | 54.8% | 1,866 | 3.8 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)
- 39.2%
- English as an additional language
- 26.4%
- Overall absence
- 9.5%
- Persistent absence
- 33.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Prendergast Vale School0.0 miles
All-through · London
-
St Matthew Academy0.7 miles
All-through · London
-
Prendergast Ladywell School1.1 miles
All-through · Lewisham
-
Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham1.2 miles
All-through · London
-
St Paul's Way Trust School3.8 miles
All-through · London
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Common questions
- What year groups does Prendergast Vale School teach?
- Prendergast Vale School taught children aged 3 to 16. It was an all-through school in London.
- Has Prendergast Vale School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Prendergast Vale 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 Vale School?
- Prendergast Vale School had 830 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 16.
- How have Prendergast Vale School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 54% in 2022/23 and 52% 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 Vale School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Prendergast Vale 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.