School profile
Heron Academy
Heron Road, Herne Hill, London, SE24 0HZ
Overview
Heron Academy is a special / send school (academy special sponsor led) in London, London, for pupils aged 11–19. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Academy special sponsor led
- Establishment group
- Academies
- Age range
- Ages 11–19
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School capacity
- 90
- Pupils on roll
- 86
- URN
- 149331
Admissions
- Local authority
- Lambeth
- Academy trust or group
- LONDON SOUTH EAST ACADEMIES TRUST
Contact the school or your local authority for catchment and application deadlines.
Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted report card
Inspected 12 May 2026 · Published 24 July 2026
Renewed education inspection framework
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years (where applicable)
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision (where applicable)
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Previous inspection information
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 10 November 2021 · Published 13 January 2022
Overall effectiveness: Inadequate
Safeguarding was effective: No
This inspection relates to a predecessor school, The Michael Tippett School. It is not a judgement about the school under its current identity.
Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.
School Nest shows the inspection information Ofsted currently publishes for this school. It is not a complete record of every inspection the school has ever had.
Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
SEND and additional needs
Types of special educational need recorded in the official dataset. These describe recorded provision, not a judgement of quality.
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Location
- Address
- Heron Road, Herne Hill, London, SE24 0HZ
- Local authority
- Lambeth
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