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Gordonbrock Primary School

Primary · Brockley · SE4 1HQ

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Outstanding (2019)

Last grade Ofsted published, no newer grade exists

Ofsted graded this school Outstanding in 2019. 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. Treat an Outstanding of this age with care: Outstanding schools were exempt from routine re-inspection until 2020, so these grades are among the oldest on record.

Inspected 19 March 2019

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At a glance

626 pupils · 96% of 655 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
11.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
33% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
8.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.gordonbrock.lewisham.sch.uk/
URN
100684

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 128 families named it first for 90 Reception places, 1.42 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 778.28 m (≈0.48 mi); distance decided places in 13 of the 17 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2008 to 2026. The last grade Ofsted published for it is Outstanding, from 2019. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.42 first-choice applications per place

90 places offered · 128 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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. Places by distance, last offered at 778.28 m (≈0.48 mi) for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 778.28 m (≈0.48 mi)

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
85%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
24%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
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 school85%
Median of its 12 closest peers80.5%
Lewisham average68.5%
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
Fairfields Primary SchoolMilton Keynes · 53 miles awayGood80%
St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolTunbridge Wells · 26 miles awayGood72%
Monkspath Junior and Infant SchoolSolihull · 99 miles awayStrong standard83%
St George's Catholic Primary SchoolEnfield · 14 miles awayGood81%
Launde Primary SchoolLeicestershire · 91 miles awayExpected standard87%
Oxley Park AcademyMilton Keynes · 51 miles awayGood65%
Henry Moore Primary SchoolHarlow · 22 miles awayNo current grade78%
Milton Mount Primary SchoolCrawley · 23 miles awayExpected standard62%
Ark Franklin Primary AcademyLondon · 10 miles awayGood (2016)96%
Chapelford Village Primary SchoolWarrington · 173 miles awayExpected standard85%
Queen's Park AcademyBournemouth · 93 miles awayGood75%
Middleton Primary SchoolMilton Keynes · 50 miles awayOutstanding92%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 45% (Lewisham 26%, England 60%) · Any other White background 15% (Lewisham 12%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Lewisham 8%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 5% (Lewisham 8%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 5% (Lewisham 3%, England 2%) · Black African 5% (Lewisham 15%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Lewisham 5%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Lewisham 3%, England 2%) · Not recorded 3% (Lewisham 4%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Lewisham 1%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Lewisham 4%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Lewisham 1%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Lewisham 3%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Lewisham 1%, England 0%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Lewisham 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Lewisham 4%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Lewisham 1%, England 2%)

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)
3.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.1%
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 · Lewisham: 0.81 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
24.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

92% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 4% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 7.75% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

67.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.3 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 £62,857; 17.9% 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£7,478
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 70% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 15% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 12% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £734,431; in-year balance +£85,962

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher56.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work48.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16%18.1%
Residents in very good health56%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier60.6%62.3%
Social housing22.7%17.1%
Privately rented16.6%20.5%
Detached houses3.2%22.9%
Flats34.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms23.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van34.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003276 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£565,000737 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£415,000–£762,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (5)£925,000
Semi-detached (64)£836,500
Terraced (311)£740,000
Flat (357)£420,000

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 (0.78 km, 2026 entry): 455 sales, median £550,000. 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
5an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
43an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
6an 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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