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Foxfield Primary School

Primary · London · SE18 7EX

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Outstanding

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: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 18 July 2023

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At a glance

666 pupils · 106% of 630 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
31.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
44.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.foxfield.org.uk/
URN
143592

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 120 families named it first for 89 Reception places, 1.35 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 681.85 m (≈0.42 mi); distance decided places in 13 of the 16 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2011 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 18 July 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.35 first-choice applications per place

89 places offered · 120 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

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 681.85 m (≈0.42 mi) for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 681.85 m (≈0.42 mi)

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
81%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
29%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
110
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 school81%
Median of its 12 closest peers58%
Greenwich average74%
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
Broadford Primary SchoolRomford · 10 miles awayGood49%
Park Primary SchoolLondon · 5 miles awayGood72%
Poplars Farm Primary SchoolBradford · 178 miles awayGood54%
Purfleet Primary AcademyPurfleet-on-Thames · 7 miles awayExpected standard65%
St Anthony's Catholic Primary SchoolManchester · 163 miles awayNo current grade49%
Oakway AcademyWellingborough · 66 miles awayGood53%
The Grove AcademyWatford · 24 miles awayGood64%
Roding Primary SchoolDagenham · 4 miles awayGood59%
Tennyson Road Primary SchoolLuton · 34 miles awayOutstanding80%
Thameside Primary SchoolGrays · 11 miles awayGood45%
Dixons Marchbank PrimaryBradford · 177 miles awayOutstanding77%
St Matthew's Primary SchoolLuton · 35 miles awayGood57%

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
7 of 10 places taken places may be available

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)

Black African 18% (Greenwich 21%, England 5%) · White British 17% (Greenwich 26%, England 60%) · Any other Asian background 15% (Greenwich 6%, England 2%) · Any other White background 14% (Greenwich 14%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 8% (Greenwich 7%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 5% (Greenwich 3%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Greenwich 3%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 3% (Greenwich 4%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 3% (Greenwich 2%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Greenwich 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Greenwich 3%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Greenwich 2%, England 5%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Greenwich 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Greenwich 2%, England 1%) · Not recorded 2% (Greenwich 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Greenwich 2%, 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)
4.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.2%
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 · Greenwich: 1.12 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
21.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

79% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school · 11% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

0% of teachers took sickness absence, 0 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 £56,798; 12.9% 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 (2024-25)

This school£7,307
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £939,000; in-year balance +£600,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
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 higher29.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications26.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work19.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways31.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health46%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier20.9%62.3%
Social housing68%17.1%
Privately rented10.4%20.5%
Detached houses1.8%22.9%
Flats68.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms3.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van54%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001634 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£406,000716 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£314,000–£485,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (9)£375,000
Terraced (176)£461,000
Flat (530)£374,500

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.68 km, 2026 entry): 288 sales, median £384,500. 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
5an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
20an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
104an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
11an 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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