Report card · inspected Feb 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Southwark
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Strong standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 3 February 2026Report card · 6 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard
- 23 November 2021Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry660 applications · 240 places offered · 223 named it first
- 2026 2.8; Southwark median median 3.1
- 2025 3.0; Southwark median median 3.1
- 2024 3.2; Southwark median median 3.1
- 2023 3.5; Southwark median median 3.2
- 2022 3.7; Southwark median median 3.1
- 2021 3.3; Southwark median median 3.1
- 2020 4.1; Southwark median median 3.2
- 2019 5.2; Southwark median median 3.3
- 2018 4.8; Southwark median median 3.4
- 2017 4.9; Southwark median median 3.1
- 2016 5.1; Southwark median median 2.8
- 2015 5.3; Southwark median median 2.8
- 2014 5.4; Southwark median median 3.2
- This school
- Southwark median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 240 | 660 | 2.8 | 223 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2025 | 241 | 718 | 3.0 | 207 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2024 | 231 | 727 | 3.2 | 222 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2023 | 231 | 804 | 3.5 | 259 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2022 | 233 | 858 | 3.7 | 237 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2021 | 234 | 772 | 3.3 | 181 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2020 | 230 | 931 | 4.1 | 275 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2019 | 231 | 1,202 | 5.2 | 362 | 1.57 |
| Sep 2018 | 232 | 1,123 | 4.8 | 388 | 1.67 |
| Sep 2017 | 234 | 1,140 | 4.9 | 325 | 1.39 |
| Sep 2016 | 231 | 1,183 | 5.1 | 349 | 1.51 |
| Sep 2015 | 227 | 1,201 | 5.3 | 338 | 1.49 |
| Sep 2014 | 226 | 1,223 | 5.4 | 385 | 1.70 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 235 | 49.0 | 54% | 72% | – |
| 2024/25 | 230 | 52.9 | 58% | 78% | – |
| 2023/24 | 227 | 53.4 | 63% | 79% | +0.48 |
| 2022/23 | 234 | 51.1 | 57% | 79% | −0.01 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- City of London Academy (Southwark)This schoolThis school20262.8applications per place 49.0Attainment 8
- 0.6 km · SouthwarkGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 54.2Attainment 8
- 0.9 km · SouthwarkRemains Good20222.8applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · SouthwarkRemains Good20233.1applications per place 44.0Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · SouthwarkGraded · no overall grade20253.8applications per place 58.7Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · Southwark202632.6Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · SouthwarkGood20223.0applications per place 48.4Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · Southwark20263.8applications per place 46.4Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · SouthwarkGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 40.0Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 134222 · 210/6905
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,200 pupils · 1,589 on roll
- Free school meals
- 52.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2003
- Address
- 240 Lynton Road, London, SE1 5LA
- Local authority
- Southwark
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources