Elm Court School

State-Funded School

elm-court-school-lambeth-london

LondonRegion

LambethLocal Authority

Clapham and Brixton HillConstituency

SW2 2EFPostcode

6.9

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Elm Court School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–19, located in Lambeth, London.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 155 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 0.5
EBacc average point score: 0.04

Ethnicity

White

32%

Asian

Black

48%

Mixed

14%

Chinese

Pupils

155

Total Pupils

70%Boys

30%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

54%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 11 – 19
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 155
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 16 October 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
4 Apr 2019	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.