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Bannockburn Primary School

Primary · London · SE18 1HE

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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 10 June 2025

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At a glance

879 pupils · 99% of 892 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
15.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
57% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
22.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.bps.polymat.co.uk
URN
150068

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 97 families named it first for 107 Reception places, 0.91 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2019 entry went to 1583 m (≈0.98 mi); distance decided places in 6 of the 16 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2011 to 2026. At its inspection on 10 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 4.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.91 first-choice applications per place

107 places offered · 97 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 (2019 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1583 m (≈0.98 mi)

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

101 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
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
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 peers70.5%
Greenwich average74%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
Rush Green Primary SchoolRomford · 6 miles awayOutstanding89%
Ray Lodge Primary SchoolWoodford Green · 9 miles awayExpected standard73%
Lionel Primary SchoolBrentford · 17 miles awayOutstanding78%
South Camberley Primary and Nursery SchoolCamberley · 38 miles awayExpected standard69%
Katesgrove Primary SchoolReading · 46 miles awayGood64%
Hampton Hargate Primary SchoolPeterborough · 74 miles awayOutstanding77%
Cippenham SchoolSlough · 32 miles awayGood59%
Marlborough Primary SchoolIsleworth · 18 miles awayNo current grade78%
Millbrook Combined SchoolHigh Wycombe · 39 miles awayNeeds attention42%
St Fidelis Catholic Primary SchoolErith · 3 miles awayOutstanding68%
Killinghall Primary SchoolBradford · 177 miles awayGood67%
Parkside Primary SchoolChingford · 11 miles awayGood72%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other Asian background 26% (Greenwich 6%, England 2%) · Black African 20% (Greenwich 21%, England 5%) · White British 9% (Greenwich 26%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 8% (Greenwich 3%, England 4%) · Any other White background 7% (Greenwich 14%, England 7%) · Asian Pakistani 7% (Greenwich 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Greenwich 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 3% (Greenwich 4%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Greenwich 7%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Greenwich 3%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Greenwich 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Greenwich 3%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 2% (Greenwich 0%, England 0%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Greenwich 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Greenwich 2%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Greenwich 2%, 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)
4.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11%
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
21.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 7% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

2.46% 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)

68.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.4 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 £58,986; 22.2% 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£7,342
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 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£187,000

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher34%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications27.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work15.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways34.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier24.1%62.3%
Social housing34.7%17.1%
Privately rented40%20.5%
Detached houses5%22.9%
Flats54.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms16.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van55.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001673 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£420,000350 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£365,000–£455,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (25)£443,000
Terraced (280)£425,000
Flat (41)£262,500

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 (1.58 km, 2019 entry): 1,069 sales, median £415,000. 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
14an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
88an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
17an 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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