Prendergast School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · London, Lewisham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.75 miles
Published by the school · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Prendergast School is a secondary school in London, Lewisham for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 18 March 2025. Lewisham and the school have published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Prendergast School 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 | 0.75 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.75 miles away, the shortest of 4 Lewisham secondary schools with a published last distance.
- Its Year 7 2026 last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and than in 2019, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, there were 159 first-choice applications for 115 offers; 97 offers went to first-choice families and 62 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%).
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
- Adelaide Avenue, Brockley, London, SE4 1LE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Lewisham
- Pupils on roll
- 1,052 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 18 March 2025
Strengths
- “At Prendergast, pupils receive an outstanding education.”
- “The school has built a positive and aspirational culture.”
- “Pupils dedicate themselves to learning and take pride in their accomplishments.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 May 2025 (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) | 73% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 64 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B | 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: 159 first-preference applications, 115 offers in total, 97 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.
- Haberdashers' Hatcham College 1.0 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Addey and Stanhope School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Deptford Green School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Conisborough College 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Forest Hill School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Sydenham School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bonus Pastor Catholic College 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sedgehill Academy 2.5 mi Good Last distance published