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Ilderton Primary School

Primary · London · SE16 3LA

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 24 June 2025

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At a glance

157 pupils · 67% of 236 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
41.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
27.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
26.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.mayflowerfederation.org.uk/
URN
100795

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 19 families named it first for 23 Reception places, 0.83 first choices per place. We hold 4 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2021 to 2025; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 24 June 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.83 first-choice applications per place

23 places offered · 19 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 2025 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2025 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
73%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
12%
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 school73%
Median of its 12 closest peers62.5%
Southwark average69.9%
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
St Margaret's Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · 6 miles awayGood67%
Newton Road SchoolRushden · 60 miles awayRequires improvement40%
Orchard Meadow Primary SchoolOxford · 52 miles awayGood56%
Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Primary SchoolTorquay · 167 miles awayGood50%
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolPontefract · 157 miles awayGood30%
Parkwall Primary SchoolBristol · 105 miles awayGood53%
Whipton Barton Junior SchoolExeter · 158 miles awayGood73%
Mountford Manor Primary SchoolSwindon · 73 miles awayGood67%
Garden City AcademyLetchworth Garden City · 34 miles awayGood61%
St Jude's Catholic Primary School WiganWigan · 179 miles awayGood67%
St Saviour's Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayOutstanding (2019)64%
Manorfield Primary and Nursery SchoolHorley · 22 miles awayGood72%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 24% (Southwark 23%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 15% (Southwark 8%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 14% (Southwark 6%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 9% (Southwark 8%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 8% (Southwark 4%, England 1%) · Any other White background 8% (Southwark 10%, England 7%) · White British 6% (Southwark 21%, England 60%) · Not recorded 3% (Southwark 5%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Southwark 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Southwark 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Southwark 1%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Southwark 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Southwark 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Southwark 4%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Southwark 0%, England 0%) · White Irish 1% (Southwark 0%, England 0%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 1% (Southwark 0%, 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)
5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
14.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.57 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Southwark: 1.40 suspensions and 0.01 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
15.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

70% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 30% 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)

40% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.5 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 £60,684; 20% 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£12,258
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (76%) · premises 8% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£314,097; in-year balance -£198,101

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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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher39.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications23.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work29.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways27.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier21.2%62.3%
Social housing65.2%17.1%
Privately rented13.3%20.5%
Detached houses1.9%22.9%
Flats72.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms6.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van55.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003987 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£400,000572 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£299,500–£533,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (6)£800,000
Terraced (99)£660,000
Flat (467)£345,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most 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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
10an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
85an 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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