Primary school

John Keats Primary School

  • Free School
  • ages 4–11
  • Mixed
  • Southwark
  • SE16 3FN

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 12,894 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 86%

Against London

Expected standard, RWM47% · London 72%1/10 Well below London
Higher standard, RWM0% · London 12%1/10 Well below London
Reading score102 · London 1071/10 Well below London
Maths score98 · London 1071/10 Well below London
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Expected standard, RWM
2024/25: 47% · 30 pupils · London 72%47%
Higher standard, RWM
2024/25: 0% · 30 pupils · London 12%0%
Reading score
2024/25: 102 · 30 pupils · London 107102
Maths score
2024/25: 98 · 30 pupils · London 10798

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
33 of 33 who put it first2019 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st3333
2nd171
3rd130

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2023

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 · 2 points to improve

Read what Ofsted said (6)

From Ofsted report, inspected Feb 2023

Strengths

  • “Pupils enjoy coming to this warm and welcoming school.”
  • “Working relationships between adults and children are respectful and caring.”
  • “As a result, pupils say they feel well looked after.”

To improve

  • “This affects how well the curriculum enables pupils to recall and remember subject content.”
  • “Leaders should make sure that the curriculum is designed to support pupils to acquire and remember knowledge in a logical manner.”
  • “In the delivery of some curriculum subjects, checks on what pupils know do not pick up and respond to gaps in pupils’ learning or misconceptions.”

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

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026362
Free school meals (past 6 years)64.4%
First language not English29.9%
SEN support23.7%
EHC plan4.8%
Absence (sessions missed)9.1%
Persistently absent pupils33.3%

Girls 52.1%Boys 47.9%

86.2% full · 420 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher16.7
Pupils per adult10.1
  • Classroom teachers 18.7
  • Leadership 2.6
  • Teaching assistants 13.2
  • Other support 8.2

Teachers 21.3 FTE · Whole workforce 42.8 · 49 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£9,859
Spend per pupil£8,917
Staff spend per pupil£6,451
Reserve per pupil£3
  • +£1,000revenue reserve
  • +£334,000in-year balance

Grants £9,797 · self-generated £62 · premises £477 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: NEXUS EDUCATION SCHOOLS TRUST (20 academies) · trust reserve £4,050,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it