Haberdashers' Knights Academy, Bromley

In 2026, pupils at Haberdashers' Knights Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 42.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 48.4 in Lewisham and 47 across England.

41% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Lewisham and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 42.9.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.18: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 36.3, against 48.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 72 families put Haberdashers' Knights Academy as their first choice and 285 named it as one of their preferences, for 120 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Haberdashers' Knights Academy are Bonus Pastor Catholic College (0.8 miles, Attainment 8 49.6); Conisborough College (1.3 miles, Attainment 8 39.2); Sedgehill Academy (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.9); and Harris Academy Greenwich (1.9 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 49.8).

Haberdashers' Knights Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Haberdashers' Knights Academy is one of 9 schools run by Haberdashers' Aske's Federation Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 199 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 89% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 24% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 118 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 58% went on to university or other higher education, 9% to apprenticeships and 13% into work. 10% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

45.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 34.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (49%), Mixed (12%) and Asian (11%).

In 2026, 165 pupils (15%) received SEN support and 22 (2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Grove Park Rail Station, about 490 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Northover, 190 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Haberdashers' Knights Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 433 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, vehicle crime and anti-social behaviour. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Lewisham (671).

In 2024/25, Haberdashers' Knights Academy issued 199 suspensions, 17.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Haberdashers' Knights Academy are Launcelot Primary School and Nursery (0.1 miles), Good Shepherd RC School (0.3 miles), Haberdashers' Knights Primary (0.3 miles) and Burnt Ash Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.