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SE11 Kennington — Family Area Report

Kennington · Lambeth

Council Tax Band D · 2025/26Lambeth£2,030/yr
Family densityAverage · 22–27%23.6% of households have dependent children
36
Family Score

Ranked against every London postcode we cover.

SE11 is the London postcode area covering Kennington in the London Borough of Lambeth. It scores 36/100 on our family-life index. It's strongest on safety (100/100) and weakest on schools (0/100). 53 schools sit within a mile, the Met recorded 0 incidents in 2026-05, and there are 0 parks within walking distance. The nearest central London hub is Waterloo in 16 min on the morning rush. 23.6% of households here have dependent children — average.

Schools0
Safety100
Amenities0
Green space0
Family density22
Commute70

Schools

53 within 1 mile

  • Octavia House Schools, London

    Independent · 121 pupils

    77m

  • Ethelred Nursery School and Children's Centre

    Nursery · 75 pupils

    127m

  • Vanguard School

    Special · 71 pupils

    Not judged (pre-2024)
    188m

  • Archbishop Sumner Church of England Primary School

    Primary · 238 pupils

    Not judged (pre-2024)
    221m

  • Vauxhall Primary School

    Primary · 188 pupils

    Good (pre-2024)
    398m

  • Walnut Tree Walk Primary School

    Primary · 420 pupils

    469m

  • Henry Fawcett Primary School

    Primary · 183 pupils

    Good (pre-2024)
    576m

  • The Park College

    Special

    589m

Source: DfE GIAS + Ofsted latest inspections · updated Jul 2026

Safety

0 incidents in May 2026

    Counts cover a single calendar month (May 2026) — the latest released by data.police.uk.

    Family life

    Within 1km

    Parks
    0
    GP surgeries
    4
    Libraries
    0
    Supermarkets
    5

    Sources: NHS ODS (GPs) · FSA (supermarkets) · OpenStreetMap (parks, libraries)

    Commute

    6 central London hubs · Morning rush

    Excellent · Under 25 min
    WaterlooFastest
    16 min
    via 1 bus
    King's Cross
    36 min
    via Bakerloo & Victoria + 1 bus
    Liverpool Street
    33 min
    via 2 buses
    Canary Wharf
    40 min
    via Jubilee + 1 bus
    Paddington
    38 min
    via Bakerloo + 1 bus
    Victoria
    21 min
    via 1 bus

    Door-to-door, arriving by 08:15 on a weekday. Source: TfL Journey Planner. Nearest hub: Waterloo in 16 min.

    How this is built.

    Scores are percentiles within our London cohort: your score is relative to other London areas, not absolute. Schools come from the DfE GIAS register (open schools only). Crime is from data.police.uk, latest available month. Ofsted single-word judgements were withdrawn in Sept 2024. We'll add the new report-card grades as they roll out from late 2025.

    Family density is drawn from ONS Census 2021 household composition data at LSOA level. We map each postcode to its representative LSOA and rank it against the 32 London postcodes in our cohort.

    Commute times are pre-calculated via the TfL Journey Planner API for a weekday arrival at 08:15, from the centre of each postcode to Waterloo, King's Cross, Liverpool Street, Canary Wharf, Paddington and Victoria.

    • No GIAS schools matched outcode SE11. Rebuild src/data/london-schools.json if this outcode should be covered.

    SE11 — frequently asked questions

    The things families ask us most about Kennington, answered from the same data behind the scores above.

    Is SE11 a good area for families?
    SE11 (Kennington, Lambeth) scores 36/100 on our family-life index, making it a tougher sell among the London postcodes we cover. Schools score 0/100, safety 100/100, amenities 0/100, green space 0/100 and commute 70/100.
    What are the schools like in SE11?
    There are 53 schools within a mile of SE11, sourced from the DfE GIAS register with the latest Ofsted inspection attached. SE11 scores 0/100 on schools, ranked against every other London postcode in our cohort.
    How safe is SE11?
    The Metropolitan Police recorded 0 crime incidents in SE11 in May 2026 (the latest month released by data.police.uk). On our cohort-relative scale, SE11 scores 100/100 for safety.
    How long is the commute from SE11 to central London?
    Using the TfL Journey Planner for a weekday 08:15 arrival, the fastest of our six central London hubs from SE11 is Waterloo in about 16 minutes. We benchmark commute times to Waterloo, King's Cross, Liverpool Street, Canary Wharf, Paddington and Victoria.
    Do many families live in SE11?
    23.6% of households in SE11's representative LSOA have dependent children (ONS Census 2021), which we band as average (22–27%) versus the rest of London.

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