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Haberdashers' Knights Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,098Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 135070URN

Launcelot Road, Bromley, BR1 5EB · School website

This school is due to be replaced by Haberdashers' Knights Primary.

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodJun 2017
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Jan 2023
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.4per place
1.2 below Lewisham median (3.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Lewisham

285 applications for 120 places · 14th of 14 in Lewisham
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
42.7of 90
12th of 14 in Lewisham
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodJun 2017
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Jan 2023

Inspection history

  1. 26 January 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 27 June 2017
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
2.4applications per place, Year 7
1.2 below Lewisham median (3.5) close to England median (2.2)

285 applications · 120 places offered · 72 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 2.4; Lewisham median median 3.6
  2. 2025 2.3; Lewisham median median 3.6
  3. 2024 2.6; Lewisham median median 3.8
  4. 2023 2.3; Lewisham median median 3.1
  5. 2022 2.3; Lewisham median median 3.0
  6. 2021 2.5; Lewisham median median 3.1
  7. 2020 2.4; Lewisham median median 3.1
  8. 2019 2.7; Lewisham median median 3.4
  9. 2018 3.0; Lewisham median median 3.7
  10. 2017 2.6; Lewisham median median 3.3
  11. 2016 2.3; Lewisham median median 3.0
  12. 2015 2.6; Lewisham median median 2.9
  13. 2014 3.4; Lewisham median median 3.2
More applications per place than the Lewisham median in 1 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Lewisham median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261202852.4720.60
Sep 20251513502.3990.66
Sep 20241774562.6970.55
Sep 20232104852.31280.61
Sep 20222064722.31450.70
Sep 20212045012.51350.66
Sep 20201994842.41350.68
Sep 20191694482.71090.64
Sep 20181474373.01000.68
Sep 20171784542.61250.70
Sep 20161954562.31140.58
Sep 20151664332.61020.61
Sep 20141725863.41410.82

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

197 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)42.712th of 14 in Lewisham
Grade 5 or above in English and maths41%11th of 14 in Lewisham
Grade 4 or above in English and maths57%
  • This school
  • Lewisham median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.18
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)19742.741%57%–
2024/2519342.935%60%–
2023/2419946.947%68%+0.18
2022/2318544.737%53%+0.10

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

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  • 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
135070 · 209/6906
Trust
Haberdashers' Aske's Federation Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,340 pupils · 1,098 on roll
Free school meals
46.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 2005
Address
Launcelot Road, Bromley, BR1 5EB
Local authority
Lewisham

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources