Primary school

Cooper's Lane Primary School

  • Community School
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Lewisham
  • SE12 0LF

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 8,491 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 57%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 45%45%2016/17: top 21%21% · 2016/172017/18: top 62%2018/19: top 51%2022/23: top 33%2023/24: top 47%2024/25: top 57%No exams

Against LondonArrows: London rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM62% · London 72%2/10 Well below London−11.2 pts
Higher standard, RWM7% · London 12%3/10 Below−5.3 pts
Reading score106 · London 1073/10 Below−23.2 pts
Maths score106 · London 1074/10 Below+23.9 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 57% · 56 pupils · London 61%2016/17: 76% · 59 pupils · London 69%2017/18: 62% · 85 pupils · London 72%2018/19: 67% · 89 pupils · London 73%2022/23: 68% · 80 pupils · London 68%2023/24: 64% · 90 pupils · London 70%2024/25: 62% · 87 pupils · London 72%76%57%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 9% · 56 pupils · London 7%2016/17: 12% · 59 pupils · London 10%2017/18: 15% · 85 pupils · London 12%2018/19: 9% · 89 pupils · London 13%2022/23: 6% · 80 pupils · London 11%2023/24: 1% · 90 pupils · London 11%2024/25: 7% · 87 pupils · London 12%15%1%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 104 · 56 pupils · London 1032016/17: 107 · 59 pupils · London 1052017/18: 108 · 85 pupils · London 1062018/19: 106 · 89 pupils · London 1062022/23: 105 · 80 pupils · London 1062023/24: 106 · 90 pupils · London 1072024/25: 106 · 87 pupils · London 107108104No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 103 · 56 pupils · London 1042016/17: 107 · 59 pupils · London 1062017/18: 106 · 85 pupils · London 1062018/19: 104 · 89 pupils · London 1072022/23: 104 · 80 pupils · London 1062023/24: 107 · 90 pupils · London 1062024/25: 106 · 87 pupils · London 107107103No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
74 of 74 who put it first2014 · 89.2%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st7474
2nd324
3rd283
Last distance offered
  • 2026/27All offered
  • 2025/26All offered
  • 2024/251.4 km
  • 2023/241.2 km
  • 2020/21821 m
  • 2019/201.0 km

Inspections · 2006–2022

  1. 2006Satisfactory
  2. 2009Satisfactory
  3. 2012Good
  4. 2017Ungraded visit
  5. 2022Remains Good

4 strong areas

  • Quality of teaching
  • Achievement of pupils
  • Leadership and management
  • Behaviour and safety of pupils

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · 3 points to improve

Read what Ofsted said (5)

From Ofsted report, inspected Apr 2022

Strengths

  • “Pupils are proud to attend this school and would recommend it to others.”
  • “They are happy and safe, and have a number of adults they could speak to if they were worried or upset.”
  • “They learn about how to keep safe online.”

To improve

  • “Assessment procedures for foundation subjects are under review.”
  • “Currently, information gathered for each pupil in each subject is not consistent.”

Ofsted inspection report extracts, Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026646
Free school meals (past 6 years)20.0%
First language not English33.2%
SEN support15.6%
EHC plan5.4%
Absence (sessions missed)4.4%
Persistently absent pupils9.7%

Girls 49%Boys 51%

92.3% full · 700 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher22.3
Pupils per adult11.4
  • Classroom teachers 25.2
  • Leadership 3.4
  • Teaching assistants 21
  • Other support 19.7

Teachers 28.6 FTE · Whole workforce 69.4 · 107 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£8,771
Spend per pupil£8,867
Staff spend per pupil£6,690
Reserve per pupil£25
  • +£15,742revenue reserve
  • −£61,208in-year balance

Grants £8,186 · self-generated £618 · premises £346 per pupil