Lansdowne School
Community special school · Mixed · Lambeth
49 Combermere Road, London, SW9 9QD
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
90.2%
29.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
163
Capacity used
Nearly full96%
170 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Community special school
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Linda Adams
- Address
- 49 Combermere Road, London, SW9 9QD
- Phone
- 02077373713
- Local authority
- Lambeth
- Ward / constituency
- Brixton North · Clapham and Brixton Hill
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 100654
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 79% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 28% | — | — |
| SEN support | 0% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
163 pupils · 170 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 26
10 February 2026
S5 Inspection · report card
Inclusion Expected standard Achievement Expected standard Safeguarding standards Met Curriculum and teaching Expected standard Attendance and behaviour Strong standard Leadership and governance Expected standard Early years Not applicable Personal development and wellbeing Strong standard Post-16 provision Strong standard - 21
04 November 2021
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 117 pupils
Attendance
90.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
9.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
29.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
2.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.9%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 1.9 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 5.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.07 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 19 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2022/2023)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art and Design | 6 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Mathematics | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| English Language | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.