Dalmain Primary School

Community school·Primary school London, Lewisham·SE23 1AS
Composite score
73.0
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#1,379
National rank
#382
In London
#8
In Lewisham
Top 9%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
71%
% achieving higher RWM
23%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
80%
73 first choices, 59 places
First choices per place
1.24
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
285
any preference, for 59 places
Last place offered lived
0.49 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 793 m
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.33
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1 per place
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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
3–11
Pupils on roll
364
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
22.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,794
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Dalmain Primary School at a glance

Located in London, Lewisham, Dalmain Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 364 pupils aged 3 to 11. 71% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 14.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 9% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 23% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Dalmain Primary School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 73 first choices for 59 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.49 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 5.6%. There are about 16.8 pupils per teacher. Dalmain Primary School 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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