Lyndhurst Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school London, Southwark·SE5 8SN
Composite score
75.3
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#1,103
National rank
#323
In London
#12
In Southwark
Top 8%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
71%
% achieving higher RWM
25%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
60%
85 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
1.42
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
217
any preference, for 60 places
Applications from another council area
17%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.09
00.511.52
1 per place
1.2220220.8820231.1220241.5120251.422026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Lyndhurst Primary 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).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
444
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
26.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
14.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,719
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Lyndhurst Primary School

Lyndhurst Primary School is a primary school in London, Southwark, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 444 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 8.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 8% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 25% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 60% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (85 first choices for 60 places). Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 23.0 pupils per teacher. Lyndhurst 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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