Beecroft Garden Primary

Community school·Primary school London, Lewisham·SE4 2BS
Composite score
55.4
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#5,386
National rank
#1062
In London
#33
In Lewisham
Top 36%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
69%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Requires improvement

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
86%
59 first choices, 59 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
279
any preference, for 59 places
Last place offered lived
0.57 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 915 m
Applications from another council area
6%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0220220.9520231.0520240.9020251.002026

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

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
392
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
25.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,275
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Beecroft Garden Primary at a glance

Located in London, Lewisham, Beecroft Garden Primary is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 392 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 69% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 2.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 36% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 86% of the families who made Beecroft Garden Primary 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. The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 0.57 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 5.0%. There are about 17.5 pupils per teacher. Beecroft Garden Primary does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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