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Heron Academy

Heron Road, Herne Hill, London, SE24 0HZ

LONDON SOUTH EAST ACADEMIES TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Inadequate

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedInadequate
Attendance88%
Attainment–
AdmissionsNot published from capacity data
Pupils78

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Inadequate

Latest visit (Jul 2026): renewed Ofsted format (no single overall grade) — curriculum and teaching, achievement, attendance and behaviour, personal development and wellbeing and leadership and governance expected standard; inclusion and post-16 provision strong standard. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedGood

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

View on Ofsted

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in SE24. Where we have them, council (Lambeth) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
78
Free school meals
63.2%
29.3% above district average (33.9%)

Also: Lambeth 64.3% · England 49.2%

SEN
100%
69.5% above district average (30.5%)

Also: Lambeth 100% · England 99.9%

EAL
32.1%
9.9% above district average (22.2%)
Attendance
88%
7% below district average (95%)

Also: Lambeth 88% · England 87.2%

Persistent absence
29.5%
Attainment
–

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the SE24 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2023/2488%
  • 2024/2581.5%

Admissions

Demand signal
Not published from capacity data
Published capacity (GIAS)
90
Pupils on roll
78

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Lambeth page.

SEN support

SEN %
100%
On-site provision
SEN unit · SPLD, ASD, PMLD
Need types
SPLDASDPMLD

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates