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Evolve Academy

Pupil referral unit / alternative provision · ages 5-16MixedAcademy alternative provision converter71 pupils Free breakfast clubLondonLambeth
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.
OfstedNeeds attention teachingOfsted report card, March 2026
Pupils from low-income families72%Far more than most schools
Places89 spare71 pupils, 160 places
Pupils per teacher10.2School workforce census
Pupils on roll71Census January 2026

Evolve Academy is an academy alternative provision converter in London for boys and girls aged 5 to 16. It has 71 pupils and room for 160. About 72 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted visited in March 2026 and gave it a report card, which is below.

20 Kennington Park Gardens, London, SE11 4AX020 7504 0550evolveacademy.org.ukMs Melissa Williams headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted visited on 24 March 2026. Instead of one overall word, it now gives a grade for each part of school life. Read the full report on Ofsted's website.

TeachingOfsted calls this “curriculum and teaching”
Needs attention
Achievement
As expected
Behaviour and attendanceOfsted calls this “attendance and behaviour”
Needs attention
Support for every childOfsted calls this “inclusion”
As expected
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development and wellbeing”
As expected
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and governance”
Needs attention
SafeguardingAre pupils kept safe?
Pupils are kept safe
Met
Ofsted's scale:ExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement

Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Lambeth council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll71Census January 2026
Places16044% full
Pupils from low-income families72%72% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English13%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support10%7 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan66%47 pupils with a plan
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)64%£54,000 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls57 / 14
White British pupils9%

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (29), Other difficulty or disability (11), Autistic spectrum disorder (9), language and communications needs (3), Specific learning difficulty (1), Vision impairment (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census2026202520242023
Pupils on roll71819759
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals72%65%44%46%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language13%1%3%0%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support–9%11%22%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans–63%64%41%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

Where the 20 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.

Still in education, work or training35%and stayed there for at least six months

Among pupils from low-income families it was 36%, compared with 33% for everyone else.

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers11.0full-time equivalent, 11 people
Pupils per teacher10.2Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers82%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants8.0full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£58,250
Teachers who left in the year23%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher9.82024/25

Money

From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£32,658England £7,128. Total £3.8m
Income per pupil£33,513England £7,587. Total £3.9m
Spent on teachers per pupil£10,923England £3,405
Money in reserve-70%In the red: -£2.7m, -£23k per pupil. England 9%
Money in against money out+£100kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£32,658spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m1,33312 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate125 per 1,000 people38% higher than the England average
Typical house price£545,000Lambeth
Nearest bus stop290 mKennington Park, 26 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
The Park CollegeSpecial post 16 institution300 m–Not inspected–Compare
Henry Fawcett Primary SchoolCouncil420 m183Good 202424Compare
Keyworth Primary SchoolCouncil450 m313Good 202328Compare
St John the Divine Church of England Primary SchoolChurch of England480 m97Good 202318Compare
Ashmole Primary SchoolCouncil590 m223Outstanding 202379Compare
Highshore SchoolCouncil610 m163Good 2023–Compare
St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy650 m207Good 202355Compare
Ark All Saints AcademyAcademy660 m568Good 202374Compare
All schools in LambethAll schools in LondonBest primary schools in England

Questions parents ask

Is Evolve Academy a good school?

Evolve Academy doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted's report card from March 2026 rated its teaching as needs attention.

What is Evolve Academy's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 24 March 2026 it rated teaching as needs attention, achievement as as expected, behaviour and attendance as needs attention, leadership as needs attention.

How many pupils does Evolve Academy have?

71 pupils aged 5 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 160 places, so it is 44% full.

Does Evolve Academy have a breakfast club?

Yes. It is on the government's free breakfast club programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
20 Kennington Park Gardens, London, SE11 4AX
Telephone
020 7504 0550
Website
evolveacademy.org.uk
Headteacher
Ms Melissa Williams
Free breakfast club
Yes: on the government's programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school (listed since September 2026).
Type of school
Academy alternative provision converter (Academy alternative provision converter, academies)
Phase
Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 5-16
Gender
Mixed
Multi-academy trust
Alternative Learning Trust (7 schools)
Local authority
Lambeth
Ward
Kennington
Constituency
Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 November 2022 (result of amalgamation)
URN
149450 · LAESTAB 2081108 · UKPRN 10091716
Formerly
Park Campus Academy, Kennington Park Academy
Official recordOfsted reportsGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from