Prendergast School
Adelaide Avenue, Brockley, London, SE4 1LE
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- LEATHERSELLERS' FEDERATION OF SCHOOLS
- Headteacher
- Ms Kelly Lovegrove
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Lewisham North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,000
- Pupils on roll
- 1,052
- URN
- 150319
- Local authority
- Lewisham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02086903710
About this school
Prendergast School is a girls' secondary academy in London. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,052 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 116 |
| Attainment 8 score | 64.0 |
| Progress 8 score | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 73.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 80.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 87.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 6.1 |
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 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 945 |
| 2024/25 | 1,025 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Prendergast School compares
Prendergast School ranked 1st of 14 secondary schools in Lewisham for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 96% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 64 | 6% | 21.7% | 1,052 | — |
| 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 |
| St Ursula's Convent School | 55.1 | 5.7% | 30.2% | 481 | 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 21.74%
- English as an additional language
- 23.4%
- Overall absence
- 6.03%
- Persistent absence
- 14.67%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Haberdashers' Hatcham College1.0 miles
Secondary · London
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Addey and Stanhope School1.1 miles
Secondary · London
-
Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich1.3 miles
Secondary · London
-
Deptford Green School1.4 miles
Secondary · London
-
St Ursula's Convent School1.4 miles
Secondary · London
Other schools in London
Prendergast School ranks 19th of the 258 ranked secondary 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 teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Prendergast School?
- The headteacher of Prendergast School is Ms Kelly Lovegrove, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Prendergast School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Prendergast 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 big is Prendergast School?
- Prendergast School has 1,052 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Prendergast School full?
- Prendergast School has capacity for 1,000 pupils and 1,052 on roll (105%), so it is at or above 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 Prendergast School a faith school?
- No. Prendergast School has no designated religious character.
- Is Prendergast School a selective school?
- No. Prendergast School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Prendergast School?
- Prendergast School is part of LEATHERSELLERS' FEDERATION OF SCHOOLS. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How does Prendergast School rank locally?
- Prendergast School ranked 1st of 14 secondary schools in Lewisham for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 96% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Prendergast School's absence rate?
- Prendergast School's overall absence rate is 6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- 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 10 July 2026.