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Boxgrove Primary School

Primary · Greenwich · SE2 9JP

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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 9 February 2022

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At a glance

382 pupils · 81% of 472 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
43.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
29% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
22% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
7.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.boxgrove.compassps.uk
URN
149684

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 43 families named it first for 44 Reception places, 0.98 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2020 entry went to 1302.24 m (≈0.81 mi); distance decided places in 4 of the 16 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2011 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 9 February 2022 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.98 first-choice applications per place

44 places offered · 43 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2020 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1302.24 m (≈0.81 mi)

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
78%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
24%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
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 school78%
Median of its 12 closest peers51.5%
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
Shirley Community Primary SchoolCambridge · 51 miles awayGood43%
Milton Park Primary SchoolPortsmouth · 70 miles awayGood53%
Bedford Primary SchoolLiverpool · 188 miles awayNeeds attention38%
Boarshaw Community Primary SchoolMANCHESTER · 172 miles awayExpected standard56%
Daubeney Primary SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayGood83%
Exeter A Learning Community AcademyCorby · 77 miles awayGood35%
Tidemill AcademyLondon · 6 miles awayGood76%
Forster Park Primary SchoolLewisham · 6 miles awayGood68%
St. Paul's (Slade Green) Church of England Primary SchoolERITH · 4 miles awayGood50%
Applegarth AcademyCroydon · 11 miles awayStrong standard88%
Willowbrook SchoolExeter · 165 miles awayRequires improvement44%
Bentley West Primary SchoolWalsall · 119 miles awayRequires improvement38%

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 and SEN unit.

SEN unit
14 of 16 places taken nearly full
Resourced provision
14 of 16 places taken nearly full

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 28% (Greenwich 21%, England 5%) · White British 24% (Greenwich 26%, England 60%) · Any other White background 9% (Greenwich 14%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Greenwich 6%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Greenwich 7%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 4% (Greenwich 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Greenwich 3%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 3% (Greenwich 1%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 3% (Greenwich 0%, England 0%) · Asian Chinese 3% (Greenwich 2%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 3% (Greenwich 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Greenwich 2%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Greenwich 2%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Greenwich 3%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 2% (Greenwich 3%, England 4%) · 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)
6.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
20%
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
20.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

81% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 19% moved to another state school

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)

72.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.5 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 £55,829; 30% 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£8,279
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 84% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 5% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £1,000; in-year balance +£435,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher38.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work26%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways21.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health54.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier38%62.3%
Social housing25.8%17.1%
Privately rented36%20.5%
Detached houses4.7%22.9%
Flats41.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms9.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van42%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001578 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£415,000342 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£360,500–£457,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (24)£420,000
Terraced (261)£425,000
Flat (54)£249,500

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 (1.30 km, 2020 entry): 460 sales, median £414,000. 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
5an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
11an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
52an 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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