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State-funded · Special school · Lambeth
Heron Academy
Academy special sponsor led · Ages 11 to 19 · Mixed · 86 pupils
At a glance
- Type
- Academy special sponsor led (state-funded)
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 86 census January 2026
- Capacity
- 90
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Head
- Ms Melanie Hall-Judd
- Trust
- LONDON SOUTH EAST ACADEMIES TRUST
- Address
- Heron Road, Herne Hill, London, SE24 0HZ
- Borough
- Lambeth
- Telephone
- 02073265898
- DfE reference (URN)
- 149331
- Website
- heron.lseat.org.uk
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Admissions
Places at special schools are normally arranged through a child's Education, Health and Care Plan, with the local authority naming the school. Speak to your borough's special educational needs team rather than applying on the general admissions form.
Inspection
Ofsted report card, inspected 12 May 2026
Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade. The report card grades each area on a five-point scale.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Safeguarding standards: Met.
Ofsted graded inspection, 10 November 2021: overall effectiveness at that inspection was Inadequate
(inspection of the predecessor school, The Michael Tippett School)Ofsted stopped giving state schools a single overall grade in September 2024. This grade dates from the inspection shown; it is not a current rating.
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Inadequate
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Sixth-form provision
- Inadequate
Ofsted category of concern at that inspection: special measures.
Source: Ofsted, Management information - state-funded schools - latest inspections as at 31 August 2026 · latest inspections as at 2026-08-31 · last checked 9 October 2026
Pupils and context
- Eligible for free school meals
- 60% January 2026
- English as an additional language
- 32.1%
- Receiving SEN support
- 0%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 100%
- Girls / boys
- 41% / 59%
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census 2024/25
Attendance and staffing
- Overall absence
- 17.7% 2024/25
- Persistently absent (missed 10% or more)
- 43.1%
- Pupils per teacher
- 9.7 2025/26
Source: Department for Education, Absence rates by school level · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026
Nearby schools
Schools covering the same ages within about a mile, by straight-line distance (not walking or travel time).
Lansdowne School
0.9 miles163 pupils
Compare with similar schools
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