Heron Academy
Special schoolHeron Academy is a special school in Lambeth, for pupils aged 11 to 19. It had 86 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 12 May 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationEnd of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Lambeth | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | Does not apply to this school | 45.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 45.6% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 61.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 10 | – | – |
- Heron Academy teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Jessop Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), January 2024. 85% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)190 m
- Ark Evelyn Grace AcademySecondary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 38.2 (2025/26, provisional)250 m
- St Saviour's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, July 2024. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)310 m
- Hill Mead Primary SchoolPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), June 2024. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)460 m
- Herne Hill SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file770 m
- Effra Nursery School and Children's CentreNursery. Good (overall), October 2023770 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Lambeth
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).