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Childeric Primary School

Primary · London · SE14 6DG

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 23 February 2023

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At a glance

334 pupils · 80% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
60% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
65.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
23.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.childericprimary.co.uk
URN
146221

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 22 families named it first for 22 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2018 entry went to 3233.08 m (≈2.01 mi); distance decided places in 3 of the 9 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2008 to 2018. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 23 February 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

22 places offered · 22 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

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 3233.08 m (≈2.01 mi) for 2018 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2018 entry) lived within 3233.08 m (≈2.01 mi)

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
74%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
9%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
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 school74%
Median of its 12 closest peers56.5%
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
St Joseph's Catholic Junior SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayGood67%
Sunnyhill Primary SchoolLondon · 5 miles awayGood51%
Bowesfield Primary SchoolStockton-on-Tees · 219 miles awayGood56%
Bethany Church of England Junior SchoolBournemouth · 94 miles awayNeeds attention35%
Laurel Lane Primary SchoolWest Drayton · 19 miles awayRequires improvement40%
Carterhatch Junior SchoolEnfield · 13 miles awayNo current grade71%
Ramnoth Junior SchoolWisbech · 82 miles awayGood57%
Mill Lane Primary SchoolStockton-on-Tees · 220 miles awayGood52%
Franciscan Primary SchoolLondon · 6 miles awayGood46%
Grafton Primary SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayGood70%
Abbeyfield Primary AcademySheffield · 146 miles awayGood59%
Grange Primary SchoolLondon · 2 miles awayGood67%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 29% (Lewisham 15%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 20% (Lewisham 4%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 12% (Lewisham 8%, England 1%) · Any other White background 8% (Lewisham 12%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 7% (Lewisham 3%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 5% (Lewisham 4%, England 1%) · White British 5% (Lewisham 26%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Lewisham 5%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Lewisham 8%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Lewisham 1%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Lewisham 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Lewisham 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Lewisham 3%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Lewisham 4%, England 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)
6.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
20.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.27 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
16.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% 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)

52% of teachers took sickness absence, 9.3 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 £66,447; 12.5% 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£9,395
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) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 5% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £1,000; in-year balance +£31,000

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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)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher51%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work37.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways20.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier35.4%62.3%
Social housing25.1%17.1%
Privately rented39.3%20.5%
Detached houses3.3%22.9%
Flats55.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms8.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van59.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003301 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£435,000685 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£310,000–£600,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (33)£925,000
Terraced (169)£700,000
Flat (481)£360,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (3.23 km, 2018 entry): 8,808 sales, median £515,000. 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
6an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
30an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
196an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
38an 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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