Heber Primary School

Community school·Primary school London, Southwark·SE22 9LA
Composite score
54.8
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National rank
#1087
In London
#35
In Southwark
Top 38%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
70%
% achieving higher RWM
8%
Reading average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
71%
79 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
1.32
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
264
any preference, for 60 places
Last place offered lived
0.20 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 321 m
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.08
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1 per place
1.7420221.7220231.2320241.4020251.322026

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
434
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
23.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,332
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Heber Primary School

Heber Primary School is a primary school in London, Southwark, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 434 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 70% 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 fallen by 8.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 38% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 110 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 8% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Heber Primary School is oversubscribed: about 7 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 79 first choices for 60 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.20 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 4.1%. There are about 21.8 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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