The Elms Academy
Elms Road, London, SW4 9ET
865 pupils · 99% of 875 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Christian
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Local authority
- Lambeth
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 53.2%
Ofsted
Good (2020) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 4 February 2020, published 8 March 2020. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 52.8 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 48.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 77.8% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 57.3% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.25 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 130 | 162 | 614 | 130 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 130 | 126 | 456 | 130 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 132 | 84 | 368 | 132 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 132 | 85 | 307 | 132 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 118 | 69 | 335 | 109 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 112 | 44 | 312 | 94 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 110 | 68 | 296 | 103 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 180 | 72 | 352 | 139 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Harris Academy Clapham 0.8 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School 1.1 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- Trinity Academy 1.5 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Chestnut Grove Academy 1.7 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Ark Bolingbroke Academy 1.9 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Harris Academy Battersea 2.2 km · Outstanding — confirmed 2023 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.