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Best secondary schools in Lambeth

12 of 15 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Lambeth schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 The Elms Academy London 0.91 Good oversubscribed 1.25 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Oasis Academy South Bank London 0.81 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.32 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School London 0.74 Not judged improving oversubscribed 1.73 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School London hidden gem 0.22 Outstanding undersubscribed 0.61 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Saint Gabriel's College London hidden gem 0.2 Good undersubscribed 0.54 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 The Norwood School London 0.03 Good about even 1.14 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Lilian Baylis Technology School London hidden gem 0.01 Outstanding improving about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Trinity Academy London hidden gem -0.18 Good undersubscribed 0.6 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 Platanos College London hidden gem -0.22 Good declining undersubscribed 0.68 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 City Heights E-ACT Academy London hidden gem -0.37 Good undersubscribed 0.21 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 The Elmgreen School London hidden gem -0.37 Good undersubscribed 0.7 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Ark Evelyn Grace Academy London -0.46 Not judged undersubscribed 0.49 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Lambeth

3 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Lambeth, not a fairer one.

Applying in Lambeth

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