SCHOOL PROFILE

Platanos College: data, trends and context

Platanos College is a secondary school in Lambeth. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
136450
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Lambeth
Region
London
Trust
THE PLATANOS TRUST
Postcode
SW9 0AL
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
870
FSM eligible
54.0%
EAL / First language other than English
70.1%
SEND (total)
22.1%
SEN Support
17.8%
EHCP
4.3%
White British
4.5%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
90.7%
Overall absence
9.3%
Persistent absence
31.7%
Severe absence
3.5%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
LambethLocal authority92.4%7.6%3.2%
LondonRegion92.7%7.3%2.9%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
0.22%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
0.11%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
40.8
English & maths grade 5+
35.6%
English & maths grade 4+
57.7%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Platanos College is a secondary school in Lambeth. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.