Best Secondary Schools in Lambeth

We checked all 18 secondary schools in Lambeth and list every one: 15 ranked, then 3 without a rank.

Schools checked: 18
Ranked: 15
Without a rank: 3

Ranks combine 2024/25 GCSE results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Lambeth. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Lambeth also has 61 primary schools, ranked on SATs results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Lambeth. Secondary schools are also ranked across all of London.

Ranked secondary schools in Lambeth

Rank 1
Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School
Local authority maintained, 1,187 pupils, inspected February 2025
Ofsted judgements: Outstanding
Attainment 8
57.7
Grade 5+ English and maths
61.6%
Rank 2
Oasis Academy South Bank
Free school, 691 pupils, inspected May 2024
Ofsted: Outstanding
Attainment 8
54.6
Grade 5+ English and maths
59.3%
Rank 3
La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School
Local authority maintained, 1,197 pupils, inspected December 2023
Ofsted: Outstanding
Attainment 8
48.8
Grade 5+ English and maths
45.2%
Rank 4
Woodmansterne School
Local authority maintained, 1,637 pupils, inspected September 2024
Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
Attainment 8
49.3
Grade 5+ English and maths
53.8%
Rank 5
Lilian Baylis Technology School
Local authority maintained, 848 pupils, inspected February 2023
Ofsted: Outstanding
Attainment 8
46.3
Grade 5+ English and maths
42.6%
Rank 6
The Elms Academy
Academy, 865 pupils, inspected February 2020
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
52.8
Grade 5+ English and maths
48.7%
Rank 7
Dunraven School
Academy, 1,744 pupils, inspected March 2023
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
49.7
Grade 5+ English and maths
50%
Rank 8
The Norwood School
Local authority maintained, 1,076 pupils, inspected February 2023
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
50.2
Grade 5+ English and maths
46.1%
Rank 9
Saint Gabriel's College
Local authority maintained, 581 pupils, inspected November 2018
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
47.9
Grade 5+ English and maths
43%
Rank 10
Harris Academy Clapham
Free school, 802 pupils, inspected February 2023
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
42.4
Grade 5+ English and maths
32.2%
Rank 10
Platanos College
Academy, 870 pupils, inspected October 2021
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
40.8
Grade 5+ English and maths
35.6%
Rank 12
The Elmgreen School
Academy, 1,082 pupils, inspected June 2022
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
40.1
Grade 5+ English and maths
30.3%
Rank 13
Ark Evelyn Grace Academy
Academy, 320 pupils, inspected February 2025
Ofsted judgements: Good
Attainment 8
39.9
Grade 5+ English and maths
25.9%
Rank 14
Trinity Academy
Free school, 616 pupils, inspected May 2017
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
38.7
Grade 5+ English and maths
27.6%
Rank 15
City Heights E-ACT Academy
Academy, 460 pupils, inspected December 2025
Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
Attainment 8
40.6
Grade 5+ English and maths
24.5%

Secondary schools in Lambeth without a rank

DLD College
Independent, 306 pupils
No Ofsted inspection
Attainment 8
14.7
Grade 5+ English and maths
0%
London Nautical, City of London Academy
Academy, 510 pupils, inspected June 2023
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Streatham & Clapham High School GDST
Independent, Selective, 811 pupils
No Ofsted inspection
Attainment 8
39.5
Grade 5+ English and maths
0%