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Deansfield Primary School

Primary · London · SE9 1XP

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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 3 June 2025

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At a glance

461 pupils · 110% of 420 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
11.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
19.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.deansfield.compassps.uk/
URN
143599

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 84 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 1.40 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1200.29 m (≈0.75 mi); distance decided places in 13 of the 16 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2011 to 2026. At its inspection on 3 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 3.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.40 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 84 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 1200.29 m (≈0.75 mi) for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1200.29 m (≈0.75 mi)

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
91%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
27%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
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 school91%
Median of its 12 closest peers74%
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
Heber Primary SchoolLondon · 6 miles awayGood70%
Brocks Hill Primary SchoolLeicester · 92 miles awayOutstanding97%
Parkfield Primary SchoolTaunton · 141 miles awayGood66%
Brookhurst Primary SchoolLeamington Spa · 90 miles awayGood68%
Stoke Bishop Church of England Primary SchoolBristol · 116 miles awayExpected standard77%
E-ACT St Ursula's AcademyBristol · 115 miles awayGood74%
Seabridge Primary SchoolNewcastle-Under-Lyme · 144 miles awayExpected standard68%
The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary, ArnoldNottingham · 117 miles awayOutstanding74%
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolLondon · under 1 mile awayOutstanding83%
Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolHove · 44 miles awayGood72%
Applecroft SchoolWelwyn Garden City · 26 miles awayGood78%
St Johns Church of England Primary School, CliftonBristol · 115 miles awayGood77%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 57% (Greenwich 26%, England 60%) · Any other White background 16% (Greenwich 14%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 9% (Greenwich 7%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 3% (Greenwich 2%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Greenwich 3%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 3% (Greenwich 3%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Greenwich 2%, England 2%) · Black African 2% (Greenwich 21%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Greenwich 6%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Greenwich 3%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Greenwich 1%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Greenwich 4%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Greenwich 1%, England 1%) · 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)
3.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.5%
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
22.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

81% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 19% 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)

45.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 13.7 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 £63,758; 29.2% 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£6,533
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £1,000; in-year balance +£281,000

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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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher43.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work45.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier86.7%62.3%
Social housing2.8%17.1%
Privately rented10.5%20.5%
Detached houses1%22.9%
Flats5.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms29.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van18.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001606 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£565,000371 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£475,000–£680,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (7)£700,000
Semi-detached (110)£625,000
Terraced (221)£545,000
Flat (33)£280,000

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 (1.20 km, 2026 entry): 518 sales, median £540,000. 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
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
21an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
6an 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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