Haberdashers' Knights Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Lewisham
Launcelot Road, Bromley, BR1 5EB
67
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
93.5%
20.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,098
Capacity used
Has space82%
1,340 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
99 of 99 families who put it first got an offer
151
Places offered
350
Total applications
2.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 99 | 99 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 51 | 21 | ● 41% |
| 3rd preference | 70 | 15 | ● 21% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 130 | 16 | ● 12% |
| Total | 350 | 151 | 43% |
1st preference success by year
Lewisham lets families list 6 preferences. 38 applications came from outside the council area (12 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- James Hadley
- Address
- Launcelot Road, Bromley, BR1 5EB
- Phone
- 02084619240
- Local authority
- Lewisham
- Ward / constituency
- Downham · Lewisham East
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 135070
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 47% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 24% | — | — |
| SEN support | 19% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: HABERDASHERS' ASKE'S FEDERATION TRUST
1,098 pupils · 1,340 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
26 January 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,060 pupils
Attendance
93.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
20.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.7%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.5%
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
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 46.9 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.18 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 47% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 68% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.38 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 24.69 | — | — |
Average grade: D+ (England B-)
Primary results over time
Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Expected standard (RWM) | 40% | 61% |
| Higher standard | 11% | 8% |
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 42.9 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 35.2% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 59.6% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 38.9% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.94 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 193 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 24.95 | 35 |
| Average grade | D+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 0% | 17% |
| A-level students | 22 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 194 | 11% | 38% | 54% | |
| English Literature | 193 | 12% | 44% | 63% | |
| Mathematics | 192 | 9% | 43% | 69% | |
| Combined Science | 177 | 9% | 41% | 64% | |
| Geography | 111 | 14% | 39% | 54% | |
| History | 88 | 16% | 47% | 59% | |
| Business | 53 | 13% | 58% | 74% | |
| Art and Design | 52 | 15% | 58% | 87% | |
| Social Studies | 49 | 20% | 53% | 67% | |
| French | 46 | 20% | 54% | 80% | |
| Computer Science | 36 | 14% | 31% | 39% | |
| Spanish | 34 | 38% | 68% | 76% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 9 | 0% | 0% | 11% | |
| Business Studies | 8 | 0% | 0% | 13% | |
| Chemistry | 7 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Mathematics | 7 | 0% | 0% | 14% | |
| Biology | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Sociology | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Economics | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Physics | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Arabic | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Computer Science | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #324 of 1,897 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 17855: Haberdashers' Aske's Knights Academy
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Applications | <3 |
| Offers | <3 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | <3 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 54% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 2% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 57% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Lewisham council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
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.