# The Elms Academy

The Elms Academy is a secondary school in Lambeth, for pupils aged 11 to 18.

It had 865 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E134815. [Lambeth](https://openindex.co.uk/lambeth)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Pupils: 865
- Council: Lambeth
- URN: 134815

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Improved significantly, May 2025
Before that: Good (overall), February 2020
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 4 February 2020
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
- Latest ungraded inspection: Improved significantly, 8 May 2025
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at The Elms Academy was 52.7, against 45.8 in Lambeth and 46.2 in England.
54.5% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Lambeth | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 52.7 | 45.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 54.5% | 45.6% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 75.9% | 61.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 112 | – | – |

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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [South Bank Colleges](https://openindex.co.uk/school/south-bank-colleges-e130413): 200 m. Sixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-roman-catholic-primary-school-e100636): 290 m. Primary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Bonneville Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bonneville-primary-school-e131247): 480 m. Primary. Outstanding (overall), May 2024. 89% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Glenbrook Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/glenbrook-primary-school-e100601): 790 m. Primary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Harris Academy Clapham](https://openindex.co.uk/school/harris-academy-clapham-e147543): 790 m. Secondary. Good (overall), February 2023. Attainment 8 of 45.2 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Iqra Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/iqra-primary-school-e135614): 800 m. Primary. School remains Outstanding, June 2024. 97% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/134815)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/134815)

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