St George's CofE Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school London, Lewisham·SE23 2NE
Composite score
61.6
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#3,503
National rank
#784
In London
#20
In Lewisham
Top 24%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
75%
% achieving higher RWM
11%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
25 first choices, 27 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
66
any preference, for 27 places
Applications from another council area
9%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
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1 per place
0.8320220.9220230.9220240.9620250.932026

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

Every child who put St George's CofE Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
204
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
47.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
47.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
22.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,477
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

St George's CofE Primary School is a primary school serving London, Lewisham, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 204 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 75% 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 2.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 24% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 11% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St George's CofE Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 27 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 17.1 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. St George's CofE 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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