Primary school

St William of York Catholic Primary School

  • Voluntary Aided School
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Roman Catholic
  • Lewisham
  • SE23 1PS

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 4,380 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 30%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 15%15%2016/17: top 58%2017/18: top 11%2018/19: top 71%2022/23: top 9%9% · 2022/232023/24: top 63%2024/25: top 30%No exams

Against London

Expected standard, RWM72% · London 72%Small cohort: 29 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Higher standard, RWM10% · London 12%Small cohort: 29 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Reading score109 · London 107Small cohort: 29 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Maths score105 · London 107Small cohort: 29 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 73% · 30 pupils · London 61%2016/17: 60% · 25 pupils · London 69%2017/18: 84% · 55 pupils · London 72%2018/19: 59% · 29 pupils · London 73%2022/23: 81% · 26 pupils · London 68%2023/24: 57% · 30 pupils · London 70%2024/25: 72% · 29 pupils · London 72%84%57%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 13% · 30 pupils · London 7%2016/17: 8% · 25 pupils · London 10%2017/18: 11% · 55 pupils · London 12%2018/19: 3% · 29 pupils · London 13%2022/23: 8% · 26 pupils · London 11%2023/24: 10% · 30 pupils · London 11%2024/25: 10% · 29 pupils · London 12%13%3%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 106 · 30 pupils · London 1032016/17: 106 · 25 pupils · London 1052017/18: 109 · 55 pupils · London 1062018/19: 104 · 29 pupils · London 1062022/23: 108 · 26 pupils · London 1062023/24: 107 · 30 pupils · London 1072024/25: 109 · 29 pupils · London 107109104No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 106 · 30 pupils · London 1042016/17: 104 · 25 pupils · London 1062017/18: 108 · 55 pupils · London 1062018/19: 104 · 29 pupils · London 1072022/23: 108 · 26 pupils · London 1062023/24: 104 · 30 pupils · London 1062024/25: 105 · 29 pupils · London 107108104No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
25 of 25 who put it first2014 · 52.7%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st2525
2nd80
3rd111

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2008–2022

  1. 2008Outstanding
  2. 2014Good
  3. 2019Remains Good
  4. 2022Good

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 (6)

From Ofsted report, inspected Oct 2022

Strengths

  • “Pupils are very happy and kept safe at this school.”
  • “They care about one another and treat each other with the utmost kindness and respect.”
  • “Right from the start of the early years, they learn to take turns and listen carefully to their classmates.”

To improve

  • “In a few aspects of the curriculum, the order in which pupils need to learn and go over essential knowledge has not been fully thought through.”
  • “While leaders are already addressing this, the changes they have made are not fully embedded.”
  • “Over time, this means pupils’ understanding is not being deepened as successfully as leaders intend.”

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

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026207
Free school meals (past 6 years)22.7%
First language not English55.6%
SEN support21.0%
EHC plan4.9%
Absence (sessions missed)4.1%
Persistently absent pupils8.6%

Girls 50.7%Boys 49.3%

98.6% full · 210 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher24.6
Pupils per adult12.3
  • Classroom teachers 6.5
  • Leadership 1.8
  • Teaching assistants 8
  • Other support 4.3

Teachers 8.3 FTE · Whole workforce 20.5 · 35 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£9,154
Spend per pupil£8,488
Staff spend per pupil£6,570
Reserve per pupil£3,010
  • +£610,936revenue reserve
  • +£135,155in-year balance

Grants £8,767 · self-generated £550 · premises £427 per pupil