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St Bartholomews's Church of England Primary School

Primary · London · SE26 4LJ

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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: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 3 July 2023

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At a glance

394 pupils · 97% of 405 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
7.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
15.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.st-bartholomews.lewisham.sch.uk/
URN
100726

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 81 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 1.35 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Good on 3 July 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.35 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 81 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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
80%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
30%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
109
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 school80%
Median of its 12 closest peers64.5%
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
Lady Joanna Thornhill Endowed Primary SchoolAshford · 46 miles awayGood81%
Mere Green Primary SchoolSutton Coldfield · 110 miles awayGood64%
Spurcroft Primary SchoolThatcham · 52 miles awayGood49%
Holy Trinity Church SchoolYeovil · 118 miles awayGood65%
Christ The King Catholic Primary SchoolCoventry · 93 miles awayGood63%
Captain Cook Primary SchoolMarton · 219 miles awayGood75%
Manadon Vale Primary SchoolPlymouth · 191 miles awayNo current grade74%
Chapel Allerton Primary SchoolLeeds · 177 miles awayGood65%
Millbrook Junior SchoolKettering · 72 miles awayGood54%
Hatton Park Primary SchoolCambridge · 59 miles awayGood68%
St Nicholas CofE Primary SchoolKenilworth · 91 miles awayGood64%
Riverside Community Primary School BirstallLeicester · 97 miles awayGood56%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 42% (Lewisham 26%, England 60%) · Any other White background 14% (Lewisham 12%, England 7%) · Not recorded 9% (Lewisham 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 7% (Lewisham 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Lewisham 8%, England 3%) · Black African 6% (Lewisham 15%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 5% (Lewisham 8%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Lewisham 5%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Lewisham 3%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 2% (Lewisham 4%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Lewisham 4%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Lewisham 1%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Lewisham 1%, England 0%) · 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)
4.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.50 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
21.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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)

90.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 11.9 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 £56,397; 15% 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£7,307
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (76%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 7% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £234,512; in-year balance -£2,465

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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)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher52.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work48.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health55.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier55.7%62.3%
Social housing24.4%17.1%
Privately rented19.5%20.5%
Detached houses2.3%22.9%
Flats55.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms18.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van39.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003329 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£473,000852 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£357,500–£666,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (10)£995,000
Semi-detached (85)£850,000
Terraced (263)£655,000
Flat (494)£375,000

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

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
12an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
73an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
9an 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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