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Gordon Primary School

Primary · London · SE9 1QG

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 1 November 2023

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At a glance

439 pupils · 105% of 420 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
14.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
25.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.gordonprimary.co.uk
URN
100127

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 49 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 0.82 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 1556.78 m (≈0.97 mi); distance decided places in 11 of the 16 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2011 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 1 November 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.82 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 49 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The distance published for 2026 entry is not shown here.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The distance published for 2026 entry is not shown here.

It is far outside anything this school's other years or comparable schools show, so it would not tell you how close you need to live.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1556.78 m (≈0.97 mi)

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

55 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
82%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
15%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school82%
Median of its 12 closest peers67.5%
Greenwich average74%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Hampton Junior SchoolHampton · 19 miles awayOutstanding77%
Moordown St John's Church of England Primary SchoolBournemouth · 97 miles awayGood85%
New Haw Community Junior SchoolAddlestone · 25 miles awayOutstanding81%
Etchells Primary SchoolCheadle · 163 miles awayNeeds attention63%
Longfields Primary and Nursery SchoolBicester · 60 miles awayNeeds attention47%
St John's and St Clement's Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · 5 miles awayOutstanding73%
Cawston Grange Primary SchoolRugby · 85 miles awayStrong standard64%
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolHornchurch · 10 miles awayGood68%
Coundon Primary SchoolCoventry · 95 miles awayNo current grade57%
Sandy Lane Primary SchoolBracknell · 35 miles awayNeeds attention52%
West Byfleet Junior SchoolWest Byfleet · 25 miles awayGood (2016)67%
Didcot Primary AcademyDidcot · 58 miles awayOutstanding (2019)80%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 56% (Greenwich 26%, England 60%) · Any other White background 15% (Greenwich 14%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Greenwich 7%, England 3%) · Black African 4% (Greenwich 21%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Greenwich 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Greenwich 3%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Greenwich 6%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Greenwich 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Greenwich 2%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Greenwich 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Greenwich 3%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Greenwich 2%, England 5%) · Not recorded 1% (Greenwich 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Greenwich 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Greenwich 3%, England 2%) · other groups together 0%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Greenwich: 1.12 suspensions and 0.00 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
25.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 11% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.1 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £57,559; 16.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£8,180
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£443,358; in-year balance +£905

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher47.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work46.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health54.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier68.9%62.3%
Social housing11%17.1%
Privately rented20%20.5%
Detached houses2.8%22.9%
Flats23.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms35.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van28.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001604 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£525,000527 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£429,000–£650,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (10)£855,000
Semi-detached (161)£593,000
Terraced (283)£530,000
Flat (73)£285,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.56 km, 2025 entry): 898 sales, median £480,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
13an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
72an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
11an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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