Platanos College is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Lambeth. The school has 916 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 19 October 2021). Last inspected 19 October 2021. The Headteacher is Judette Tapper. The school is administered by Lambeth local authority. It belongs to THE PLATANOS TRUST. It opened in 1 February 2011.
Applications for places at Platanos College are handled by the school or the local authority (Lambeth). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.
GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)
40.8
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
−0.22
Progress 8 · 2023-24
36%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
58%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
3.71
EBacc average point score · 2024-25
43%
Entering the EBacc · 2024-25
Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.