Dulwich Village Church of England Infants' School

Voluntary aided school·Infant school London, Southwark·SE21 7BU

School type

Infant school

Ages 4–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Dulwich Village Church of England Infants' School is an infant school for pupils aged 4–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

60%

146 first choices, 89 places

First choices per place

1.64

more first choices than places

Applications naming the school

388

any preference, for 89 places

Applications from another council area

31%

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.26

00.511.52

1 per place

1.4620221.6020231.5520241.3820251.642026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Dulwich Village Church of England Infants' School yet. Southwark 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).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Outstanding

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Outstanding

School profile

Age range: 4–7
Pupils on roll: 259
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

8.9%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

15.8%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

6.2%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

3.5%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

3.4%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

5.2%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

20.3

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£8,231

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Dulwich Hamlet Junior School London · 0.1 mi 87.3 Judith Kerr Primary School London · 0.3 mi 87.4 Bessemer Grange Primary School London · 0.4 mi 83.4 Harris Primary Academy East Dulwich London · 0.5 mi 76.5 Heber Primary School London · 0.6 mi 54.8 St Anthony's Catholic Primary School London · 0.7 mi 69.0 Goose Green Primary and Nursery School London · 0.7 mi 35.8 Goodrich Community Primary School London · 0.8 mi 46.5

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

About Dulwich Village Church of England Infants' School

Dulwich Village Church of England Infants' School is a primary school in London, Southwark, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. Around 259 pupils aged 4 to 7 attend the school. The school holds an 'Outstanding' judgement from Ofsted.

Dulwich Village Church of England Infants' School is oversubscribed: about 6 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 146 first choices for 89 places. Overall pupil absence was 3.4%. There are about 20.3 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 9% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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.