Vanguard School
Lollard Street, Kennington, London, SE11 6QH
- Phase
- Free Schools
- School type
- Free schools special
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- LIBERTY ACADEMY TRUST LTD.
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rachael Clements
- Sponsor
- Liberty Academy Trust Ltd.
- Constituency
- Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 78
- Pupils on roll
- 71
- URN
- 142928
- Local authority
- Lambeth
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02080596310
About this school
Vanguard School is a special academy in London. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 71 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Vanguard 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | 5.4 | 21.2 |
| Progress 8 score | - | -2.77 -3.75 to -1.79 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | 0% | 15.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | 0% | 15.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | 0.2 | 1.5 |
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 Vanguard 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 | — | 36.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 5.4 | 36.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 21.2 | 37.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 15.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 16.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 17.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 59 |
| 2023/24 | 64 |
| 2024/25 | 63 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 58.93%
- English as an additional language
- 7.9%
- Overall absence
- 17.57%
- Persistent absence
- 50.85%
Location
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Common questions
- What ages does Vanguard School teach?
- Vanguard School teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a special school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Vanguard School?
- The headteacher of Vanguard School is Mrs Rachael Clements, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Vanguard School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Vanguard 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 Vanguard School?
- Vanguard School has 71 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Vanguard School full?
- Vanguard School has capacity for 78 pupils and 71 on roll (91%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Vanguard School a faith school?
- No. Vanguard School has no designated religious character.
- Is Vanguard School part of an academy trust?
- Vanguard School is part of LIBERTY ACADEMY TRUST LTD.. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Vanguard School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 5.4 in 2023/24 and 21.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Vanguard School's absence rate?
- Vanguard School's overall absence rate is 17.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Vanguard School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Vanguard 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 2 July 2026.