An adorable brood of ducklings led by their mother have made their annual waddle through a southeast London school to the safety of a nearby lake.<br /><br />The female mallard ushered her younglings from the sheltered courtyard where she laid her eggs over winter to a lake on the other side of the building.<br /><br />Natalie Devon, a receptionist at Bromley High School, said: "This is the highlight of my work year and a great fanfare to the beginning of spring.”<br /><br />VIDEO: Bromley High School / SWNS