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St Saviour's Catholic Primary School

Primary · London · SE13 6AL

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 25 March 2025

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At a glance

188 pupils · 82% of 230 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
31.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
43.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.stsaviours.lewisham.sch.uk
URN
100733

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 18 families named it first for 18 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. At its inspection on 25 March 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

18 places offered · 18 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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
57%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school57%
Median of its 12 closest peers62%
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
Grinling Gibbons Primary SchoolLondon · 2 miles awayGood57%
Hannah Ball AcademyHigh Wycombe · 33 miles awayRequires improvement78%
Parkside Community Primary SchoolBorehamwood · 19 miles awayGood59%
Hope Community School SouthamptonSouthampton · 71 miles awayExpected standard62%
Larchfield Primary and Nursery SchoolMaidenhead · 31 miles awayNo current grade62%
Colman Junior SchoolNorwich · 97 miles awayGood65%
Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary AcademyAmersham · 28 miles awayGood73%
Northwood Primary SchoolErith · 7 miles awayNo current grade54%
Bitterne Manor Primary and Nursery SchoolSouthampton · 70 miles awayGood47%
David Livingstone AcademyThornton Heath · 5 miles awayOutstanding (2019)88%
Chesterton Primary SchoolCambridge · 53 miles awayNo current grade42%
St Peter's Methodist Primary SchoolCanterbury · 49 miles awayNo current grade63%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 32% (Lewisham 15%, England 5%) · Not recorded 24% (Lewisham 4%, England 1%) · Any other White background 8% (Lewisham 12%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 7% (Lewisham 8%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 6% (Lewisham 4%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 5% (Lewisham 8%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Lewisham 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 4% (Lewisham 3%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 3% (Lewisham 1%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 3% (Lewisham 4%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Lewisham 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Lewisham 5%, 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)
5.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
17.9%
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
20.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

58% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school · 33% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 11.11% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

76.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 19.6 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 £59,783; 11.1% 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£10,833
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 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 17% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 14% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£439,296; in-year balance -£95,635

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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)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher62.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work46.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways18.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health56.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier39.4%62.3%
Social housing11.4%17.1%
Privately rented49.3%20.5%
Detached houses0.7%22.9%
Flats74.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms9.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van64.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01033327 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£426,500855 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£325,000–£650,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (8)£1,134,000
Semi-detached (52)£875,000
Terraced (219)£700,000
Flat (576)£356,500

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
9an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
33an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
206an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
29an 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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