Discovery Primary School

Community school·Primary school London, Greenwich·SE28 0JN
Composite score
46.5
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#8,593
National rank
#1360
In London
#58
In Greenwich
Top 58%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
59%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
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%
64 first choices, 59 places
First choices per place
1.08
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
105
any preference, for 59 places
Last place offered lived
2.68 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 4312 m
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.16
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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 2025 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
592
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
29.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
32.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
34.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
6.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,768
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Discovery Primary School at a glance

Located in London, Greenwich, Discovery Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 592 pupils aged 3 to 11. 59% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 10.0 percentage points compared with 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). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Discovery Primary School is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 64 first choices for 59 places. In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 2.68 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 5.1%. There are about 20.7 pupils per teacher. Discovery 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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