prendergast school
London,
Welcome to Prendergast School. It is an honour and a privilege to be Prendergast
School’s eleventh Headteacher and to work with staff, students and families.
Staff here are passionate about ensuring the very best opportunities and
education for all students. Our motto and ethos is ‘Truth, Honour, Freedom and
Courtesy.’ We are all on the same side, working to support all students to
excel. We take pride in building strong relationships with students and their
families. We have a long history of providing exceptional education to young
people. We were founded in 1880 as Prendergast Grammar School for Girls on a
site in Catford provided by the Leathersellers’ Company, which then funded the
school’s move to its current site in 1995. We are now part of the
Leathersellers’ Federation of schools, a group of three secondary and two
primary schools as well as Prendergast 6th Form. We are very fortunate to be
part of the Federation and receive a lot of support from the Leathersellers’
Company, that helps our students succeed. We are very proud of our last Ofsted
judgement of Outstanding in all areas, our third Outstanding judgement in a row.
We are described in the most recent report as ‘exceptional’ and having
‘exemplary attitudes to learning’ across the school. We do achieve great
academic results at Prendergast School (more information is on the website).
However, as a parent or carer you also want to know that your child is happy and
safe. This is very important to us and we pride ourselves that students feel
confident in school and thrive under our care. It is important that when
students leave after their time with us that they do so as well-rounded
individuals who have had many different experiences, able to overcome challenges
and most importantly to learn from their mistakes. It is important that students
get involved in school life as much as possible. We have a wide range of
extra-curricular activities and we do encourage all students to get involved. We
expect all students to attend school journeys. Communication is very important
to us. We always like to know what we do well and what we can improve on
further. We ask students and families to get in contact with us if there is
something that they would like to ask or raise with us.
