Eltham Church of England Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school London, Greenwich·SE9 1TR
Composite score
71.4
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#1,589
National rank
#429
In London
#17
In Greenwich
Top 11%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
83%
% achieving higher RWM
15%
Reading average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
88%
57 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
200
any preference, for 60 places
Applications from another council area
6%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
1.3220221.0720231.2220241.0520250.952026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Eltham Church of England Primary School yet. Greenwich does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
446
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
20.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,073
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Eltham Church of England Primary School at a glance

Located in London, Greenwich, Eltham Church of England Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 446 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 83% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 3.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 11% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 110 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 15% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 88% of the families who made Eltham Church of England Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 4.5%. There are about 20.1 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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