Prendergast Vale School
All-through · Academy converter · Ages 3–16 · London, Lewisham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.19 miles
Published by the school · offers on 16 April 2026
Year 7 2026: 5.82 mi
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Prendergast Vale School is an all-through school in London, Lewisham for ages 3–16 (academy converter). Lewisham and the school have published a last distance offered for this school for Reception and Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Prendergast Vale 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 |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.19 mi |
| Year 7 2026 | 5.82 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 5 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.19 miles away, nearer than in 2025 and 2021; the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 6 years.
- Reception 2026 drew 32 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 25 offers went to first-choice families, and 7 first-choice families (22%) were not offered a place.
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 5.82 miles from the school.
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
- Elmira Street, Lewisham, London, SE13 7BN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 3–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Lewisham
- Pupils on roll
- 806 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 55% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 35% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.2 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 32 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 25 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 35 first-preference applications, 64 offers in total, 35 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 special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Lewisham.
- Urban Mission School 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Matthew Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Education-My Life Matters 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Prendergast Ladywell School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Heath House Preparatory School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Anchor SENDfriendly Centre 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Young Women's Hub 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade