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Stillness Infant School

Primary · London · SE23 1NH

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Strong standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Strong standardAchievement: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Strong standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 7 July 2026 · report published 16 September 2026

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At a glance

284 pupils · 95% of 300 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–7
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
4.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
23.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
19.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.stillness-inf.lewisham.sch.uk
URN
100705

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 77 families named it first for 83 Reception places, 0.93 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 554.91 m (≈0.34 mi); distance decided places in 13 of the 17 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2008 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 7 July 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Strong standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.93 first-choice applications per place

83 places offered · 77 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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 554.91 m (≈0.34 mi)

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 58% (Lewisham 26%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 9% (Lewisham 8%, England 3%) · Any other White background 7% (Lewisham 12%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 6% (Lewisham 3%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Lewisham 4%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Lewisham 5%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Lewisham 3%, England 1%) · Not recorded 2% (Lewisham 4%, England 1%) · Black African 2% (Lewisham 15%, England 5%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Lewisham 1%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Lewisham 8%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Lewisham 1%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Lewisham 3%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Lewisham 1%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Lewisham 1%, England 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%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
4.6%
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
22.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

92% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% moved to another state school

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)

52.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.4 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 £57,961; 11.8% 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£8,080
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 7% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £395,646; in-year balance +£130,622

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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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher64.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications8.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work56.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health57.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier64.7%62.3%
Social housing9.6%17.1%
Privately rented25.7%20.5%
Detached houses6.2%22.9%
Flats39.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms27.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van34.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003227 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£565,000787 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£420,000–£795,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (13)£920,000
Semi-detached (83)£830,000
Terraced (306)£775,000
Flat (385)£425,000

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 (0.56 km, 2024 entry): 285 sales, median £692,500. 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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
6an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
41an 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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