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Torridon Primary School

Primary · London · SE6 1TG

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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: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 2 February 2023

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At a glance

632 pupils · 96% of 660 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
27.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
50% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.torridonprimary.lewisham.sch.uk/
URN
100708

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 74 families named it first for 90 Reception places, 0.82 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 1060.33 m (≈0.66 mi); distance decided places in 9 of the 17 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2008 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 2 February 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.82 first-choice applications per place

90 places offered · 74 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 (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1060.33 m (≈0.66 mi)

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
66%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
4%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
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 school66%
Median of its 12 closest peers69.5%
Lewisham average68.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Hillbrook SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayGood70%
Malmesbury Park Primary SchoolBournemouth · 94 miles awayNeeds attention51%
Acacias Community Primary SchoolManchester · 166 miles awayGood58%
Northgate Primary SchoolCrawley · 23 miles awayNeeds attention47%
Three Bridges Primary SchoolCrawley · 23 miles awayRequires improvement53%
Millfields Community SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayGood69%
Richard Alibon Primary School with ARP for Cognitive and Learning Difficulties : SEN BaseDagenham · 10 miles awayGood72%
Sellincourt Primary SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayGood72%
Aylward Primary SchoolStanmore · 18 miles awayGood74%
Martin Primary SchoolLondon · 13 miles awayGood73%
Oak Green SchoolAylesbury · 44 miles awayGood50%
Trumpington Park Primary SchoolCambridge · 51 miles awayExpected standard70%

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

Special educational needs

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
16 of 16 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 21% (Lewisham 26%, England 60%) · Black Caribbean 13% (Lewisham 8%, England 1%) · Black African 13% (Lewisham 15%, England 5%) · Any other White background 12% (Lewisham 12%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 9% (Lewisham 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 7% (Lewisham 5%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Lewisham 8%, England 3%) · Not recorded 4% (Lewisham 4%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Lewisham 1%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Lewisham 3%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Lewisham 1%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Lewisham 4%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 2% (Lewisham 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Lewisham 3%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Lewisham 1%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Lewisham 1%, England 0%) · 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)
5.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
14.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.63 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
18.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

97% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% 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)

86.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.5 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 £60,678; 8.1% 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£8,861
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 68% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 17% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 12% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £120,115; in-year balance +£38,561

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher40.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work36.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways21.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier75.2%62.3%
Social housing7.7%17.1%
Privately rented17.1%20.5%
Detached houses1.8%22.9%
Flats15.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms22.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van26%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003219 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£535,000456 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£411,500–£670,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (87)£592,500
Terraced (277)£590,000
Flat (90)£320,000

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 (1.06 km, 2025 entry): 531 sales, median £519,000. 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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
10an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
27an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an 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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