Platanos College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–19 · London, Lambeth
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Lambeth Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Platanos College is a secondary school in London, Lambeth for ages 11–19 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 October 2021. Lambeth has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Platanos College 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 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as at 6 of the 11 other Lambeth secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 67 first-choice applications for 99 offers, 0.7 first choices per offer, the 7th lowest of 14 Lambeth secondary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 18.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 13.9 across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Lambeth.
- 2024/25 GCSE English and maths: 36% got grade 5 or above (England 45%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Lambeth.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Lambeth schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Clapham Road, London, SW9 0AL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Lambeth
- Pupils on roll
- 870 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 54% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 19 October 2021
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy school and the wide range of opportunities to follow their interests, both in lessons and through clubs, workshops, and other events.”
- “This is so it is relevant to pupils’ future study and employment.”
- “Teachers set high expectations of what pupils can learn and do and they help pupils to achieve.”
To improve
- “This limits their opportunities to cover other subjects in depth in Year 9.”
- “The scope of design and technology, and food technology curriculums in Years 7 to 9 is limited.”
- “At present, pupils cannot study geography after Year 9.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 March 2022 (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) | 36% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 40.8 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | E+ | 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: 67 first-preference applications, 99 offers in total, 67 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 Lambeth.
- Saint Gabriel's College 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lilian Baylis Technology School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Ark Evelyn Grace Academy 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Trinity Academy 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Elms Academy 1.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Harris Academy Clapham 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy South Bank 1.7 mi Outstanding
- La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School 2.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published