Haberdashers' Knights Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Bromley, Lewisham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2021
Every applicant was offered a place
From Lewisham Council · offers on 1 March 2021
2019 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Haberdashers' Knights Academy is a secondary school in Bromley, Lewisham for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 26 January 2023. Lewisham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2021 entry.
Haberdashers' Knights Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Year 7 2021, every applicant was offered a place, as at 1 of the 4 other Lewisham secondary schools with a published Year 7 2021 outcome.
- Year 7 2026 had 72 first-choice applications for 120 offers: every first-choice family was offered a place, and 48 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 2024/25: 35% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Lewisham.
- A level 2024/25: average grade D+ (England B-), with progress from GCSE to A level below average.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Lewisham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Launcelot Road, Bromley, BR1 5EB
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Lewisham
- Pupils on roll
- 1,098 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 26 January 2023
Strengths
- “Staff have high expectations of pupils’ learning.”
- “Pupils want to learn and are motivated to do so.”
- “They are eager to discuss new ideas with their peers and teachers alike.”
To improve
- “However, on occasion, the activities that pupils complete are not well matched to the ambition of the planned curriculum.”
- “In these instances, teaching does not focus on the most important ideas and pupils are less well prepared to learn and remember important subject content.”
- “During the inspection, a small number of concerns were shared about discriminatory remarks between pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 35% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.9 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | D+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 72 first-preference applications, 120 offers in total, 72 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Lewisham.
- Bonus Pastor Catholic College 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Conisborough College 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sedgehill Academy 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Forest Hill School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Prendergast School 2.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sydenham School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Addey and Stanhope School 3.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Haberdashers' Hatcham College 3.8 mi Improved significantly Last distance published