Primary school

Perrymount Primary School

  • Community School
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Lewisham
  • SE23 2PX

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 6,618 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 44%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 42%42%2016/17: top 25%2017/18: top 16%2018/19: top 13%13% · 2018/192022/23: top 18%2023/24: top 47%2024/25: top 44%No exams

Against London

Expected standard, RWM67% · London 72%4/10 Below
Higher standard, RWM3% · London 12%1/10 Well below London
Reading score105 · London 1072/10 Well below London
Maths score104 · London 1072/10 Well below London
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 59% · 27 pupils · London 61%2016/17: 74% · 35 pupils · London 69%2017/18: 81% · 26 pupils · London 72%2018/19: 83% · 18 pupils · London 73%2022/23: 75% · 28 pupils · London 68%2023/24: 64% · 28 pupils · London 70%2024/25: 67% · 30 pupils · London 72%83%59%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 27 pupils · London 7%2016/17: 6% · 35 pupils · London 10%2017/18: 23% · 26 pupils · London 12%2018/19: 11% · 18 pupils · London 13%2022/23: 7% · 28 pupils · London 11%2023/24: 4% · 28 pupils · London 11%2024/25: 3% · 30 pupils · London 12%23%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 102 · 27 pupils · London 1032016/17: 103 · 35 pupils · London 1052017/18: 107 · 26 pupils · London 1062018/19: 109 · 18 pupils · London 1062022/23: 106 · 28 pupils · London 1062023/24: 105 · 28 pupils · London 1072024/25: 105 · 30 pupils · London 107109102No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 103 · 27 pupils · London 1042016/17: 105 · 35 pupils · London 1062017/18: 106 · 26 pupils · London 1062018/19: 109 · 18 pupils · London 1072022/23: 104 · 28 pupils · London 1062023/24: 103 · 28 pupils · London 1062024/25: 104 · 30 pupils · London 107109103No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
24 of 24 who put it first2014 · 88.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st2424
2nd194
3rd131
Last distance offered
  • 2026/27All offered
  • 2025/261.2 km
  • 2024/251.0 km
  • 2023/24768 m
  • 2020/21641 m
  • 2019/202.5 km

Inspections · 2008–2023

  1. 2008Good
  2. 2011Satisfactory
  3. 2012Good
  4. 2017Ungraded visit
  5. 2023Remains 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 Mar 2023

Strengths

  • “Pupils are proud to attend Perrymount.”
  • “They are safe and show kindness to each other.”
  • “Pupils and parents and carers have no concerns about bullying.”

To improve

  • “In a few foundation subjects, the activities that pupils complete do not match leaders’ ambitious curriculum goals.”
  • “As a result, in these subjects, pupils do not build their knowledge and vocabulary areas as deeply.”

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

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026202
Free school meals (past 6 years)39.3%
First language not English26.1%
SEN support13.0%
EHC plan3.4%
Absence (sessions missed)5.5%
Persistently absent pupils10.9%

Girls 56%Boys 44%

96.2% full · 210 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher16.8
Pupils per adult6.7
  • Classroom teachers 9.8
  • Leadership 2
  • Teaching assistants 17.8
  • Other support 0.9

Teachers 11.8 FTE · Whole workforce 30.5 · 48 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£9,963
Spend per pupil£10,476
Staff spend per pupil£7,943
Reserve per pupil£283
  • +£56,247revenue reserve
  • −£101,915in-year balance

Grants £9,127 · self-generated £836 · premises £573 per pupil