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Heathbrook Primary School

Primary · London · SW8 3EH

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Good (2016)

Last grade Ofsted published, no newer grade exists

Ofsted graded this school Good in 2016. Every inspection since has been ungraded, and an ungraded inspection cannot change a grade. The most recent found “Standards maintained”. Ofsted's current data file lists only graded inspections from September 2019 onwards, so this grade has dropped out of it, but it is still the school's grade of record, and still on Ofsted's own report page. It is old, so weigh it against the more recent evidence on this page.

Inspected 17 May 2016

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At a glance

339 pupils · 81% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
37.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
48.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
19.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.heathbrook.org/
URN
100566

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 33 families named it first for 47 Reception places, 0.70 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 2169 m (≈1.35 mi); distance decided places in 4 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. The last grade Ofsted published for it is Good, from 2016. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.70 first-choice applications per place

47 places offered · 33 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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 2169 m (≈1.35 mi)

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
76%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
9%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
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 school76%
Median of its 12 closest peers55.5%
Lambeth average69.6%
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
Discovery Primary AcademyPeterborough · 79 miles awayGood63%
Queen's Church of England AcademyNuneaton · 92 miles awayNeeds attention50%
Ramnoth Junior SchoolWisbech · 83 miles awayGood57%
Drapers' Pyrgo Priory SchoolRomford · 19 miles awayGood46%
Launcelot Primary School and NurseryBromley · 7 miles awayNeeds attention53%
Eastgate AcademyKing's Lynn · 92 miles awayOutstanding58%
Norbury Manor Primary SchoolLondon · 4 miles awayGood55%
Archbishop Courtenay Primary SchoolMaidstone · 32 miles awayGood74%
The Friars Primary SchoolSalford · 165 miles awayGood48%
Belvedere Junior SchoolBelvedere · 13 miles awayNo current grade71%
Haslemere Primary SchoolMitcham · 5 miles awayGood56%
Wenlock CofE AcademyLuton · 30 miles awayNeeds attention30%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 20% (Lambeth 19%, England 60%) · Any other White background 19% (Lambeth 14%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 10% (Lambeth 9%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 10% (Lambeth 11%, England 1%) · Black African 9% (Lambeth 19%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 9% (Lambeth 5%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 6% (Lambeth 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 5% (Lambeth 4%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Lambeth 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Lambeth 2%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Lambeth 6%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Lambeth 0%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Lambeth 2%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Lambeth 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

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)
7.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
23.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

12.98 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Lambeth: 1.88 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
18.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

77% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 14% moved to another state school · 9% 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)

82.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.3 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 £64,294; 10% 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£10,849
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £1,006,926; in-year balance +£304,714

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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)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher47.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work36.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways25.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier23.7%62.3%
Social housing52.2%17.1%
Privately rented23.6%20.5%
Detached houses3.3%22.9%
Flats63.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms9.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van64.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003037 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£595,0001,109 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£450,000–£820,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (17)£2,000,000
Terraced (250)£950,000
Flat (838)£535,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (2.17 km, 2024 entry): 6,166 sales, median £685,000. 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
17an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
139an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
27an 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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