Primary school

St Bartholomews's Church of England Primary School

  • Voluntary Aided School
  • ages 5–11
  • Mixed
  • Church of England
  • Lewisham
  • SE26 4LJ

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,720 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 12%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 19%19%2016/17: top 46%2017/18: top 10%10% · 2017/182018/19: top 34%2022/23: top 22%2023/24: top 62%2024/25: top 12%No exams

Against LondonArrows: London rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM80% · London 72%8/10 Above+23.6 pts
Higher standard, RWM30% · London 12%10/10 Top 10%+51.6 pts
Reading score109 · London 1078/10 Above+21.2 pts
Maths score109 · London 1078/10 Above+65.8 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 70% · 40 pupils · London 61%2016/17: 65% · 43 pupils · London 69%2017/18: 85% · 41 pupils · London 72%2018/19: 73% · 52 pupils · London 73%2022/23: 73% · 48 pupils · London 68%2023/24: 58% · 48 pupils · London 70%2024/25: 80% · 54 pupils · London 72%85%58%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 20% · 40 pupils · London 7%2016/17: 14% · 43 pupils · London 10%2017/18: 7% · 41 pupils · London 12%2018/19: 12% · 52 pupils · London 13%2022/23: 10% · 48 pupils · London 11%2023/24: 4% · 48 pupils · London 11%2024/25: 30% · 54 pupils · London 12%30%4%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 106 · 40 pupils · London 1032016/17: 104 · 43 pupils · London 1052017/18: 108 · 41 pupils · London 1062018/19: 106 · 52 pupils · London 1062022/23: 107 · 48 pupils · London 1062023/24: 105 · 48 pupils · London 1072024/25: 109 · 54 pupils · London 107109104No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 106 · 40 pupils · London 1042016/17: 105 · 43 pupils · London 1062017/18: 107 · 41 pupils · London 1062018/19: 104 · 52 pupils · London 1072022/23: 108 · 48 pupils · London 1062023/24: 102 · 48 pupils · London 1062024/25: 109 · 54 pupils · London 107109102No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in70.4%
57 of 81 who put it first2014 · 85.1%2026 · 70.4%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st8157
2nd431
3rd260

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2008–2023

  1. 2008Good
  2. 2013Good
  3. 2017Ungraded visit
  4. 2023Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · 1 point to improve

Read what Ofsted said (5)

From Ofsted report, inspected Jul 2023

Strengths

  • “This school is built upon strong positive relationships between staff and pupils.”
  • “Leaders put pupils’ safety and happiness at the centre of the school.”
  • “As a result, pupils are safe, loved and cared for.”

To improve

  • “A minority of subjects are not coherently well developed with clearly defined content.”
  • “As a result, some pupils have not been taught crucial content needed to be able to recall important knowledge in these subjects.”

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

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026394
Free school meals (past 6 years)11.5%
First language not English15.5%
SEN support14.0%
EHC plan1.8%
Absence (sessions missed)4.5%
Persistently absent pupils8.9%

Girls 46.6%Boys 53.4%

97.3% full · 405 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher21.3
Pupils per adult11.9
  • Classroom teachers 15.7
  • Leadership 2.8
  • Teaching assistants 12.6
  • Other support 9.4

Teachers 18.5 FTE · Whole workforce 40.5 · 70 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£7,300
Spend per pupil£7,307
Staff spend per pupil£5,465
Reserve per pupil£595
  • +£234,512revenue reserve
  • −£2,465in-year balance

Grants £7,242 · self-generated £358 · premises £495 per pupil