Deptford Park Primary School

Community school·Primary school London, Lewisham·SE8 5RJ
Composite score
47.2
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#8,306
National rank
#1344
In London
#49
In Lewisham
Top 56%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
69%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
92%
13 first choices, 13 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
47
any preference, for 13 places
Applications from another council area
11%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Deptford Park Primary School yet. Lewisham 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
231
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
47.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
45.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£12,590
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Deptford Park Primary School is a primary school serving London, Lewisham, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 231 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 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 marks an improvement of 28.0 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 lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 92% of the families who made Deptford Park 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 4.9%. There are about 17.2 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 48% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Deptford Park 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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