Alderwood Primary School

Alderwood Primary School at a glance

Located in London, Greenwich, Alderwood Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as an academy converter. The school educates roughly 199 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' when it was last inspected in December 2025. 87% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 6.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 11% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 61% 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. 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 further down the page.