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Rotherhithe Primary School

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  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Southwark
  • SE16 2PE

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,590 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 18%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 58%58%2016/17: top 76%2017/18: top 55%2018/19: top 39%2022/23: top 38%2023/24: top 76%2024/25: top 18%No exams

Against LondonArrows: London rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM77% · London 72%7/10 Above+20.9 pts
Higher standard, RWM17% · London 12%7/10 Above+24 pts
Reading score106 · London 1073/10 Below
Maths score107 · London 1075/10 Middle+14.3 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 51% · 53 pupils · London 61%2016/17: 51% · 55 pupils · London 69%2017/18: 65% · 55 pupils · London 72%2018/19: 71% · 56 pupils · London 73%2022/23: 66% · 50 pupils · London 68%2023/24: 51% · 45 pupils · London 70%2024/25: 77% · 48 pupils · London 72%77%51%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 8% · 53 pupils · London 7%2016/17: 4% · 55 pupils · London 10%2017/18: 11% · 55 pupils · London 12%2018/19: 13% · 56 pupils · London 13%2022/23: 14% · 50 pupils · London 11%2023/24: 9% · 45 pupils · London 11%2024/25: 17% · 48 pupils · London 12%17%4%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 100 · 53 pupils · London 1032016/17: 102 · 55 pupils · London 1052017/18: 104 · 55 pupils · London 1062018/19: 104 · 56 pupils · London 1062022/23: 106 · 50 pupils · London 1062023/24: 105 · 45 pupils · London 1072024/25: 106 · 48 pupils · London 107106100No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 102 · 53 pupils · London 1042016/17: 102 · 55 pupils · London 1062017/18: 105 · 55 pupils · London 1062018/19: 106 · 56 pupils · London 1072022/23: 106 · 50 pupils · London 1062023/24: 101 · 45 pupils · London 1062024/25: 107 · 48 pupils · London 107107101No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
29 of 29 who put it first2014 · 96.1%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st2929
2nd210
3rd120
Last distance offered
  • 2022/23All offered
  • 2021/22All offered
  • You1.2 km

Inside last year's distance · approx.: from the centre of Deptford North, not your door

Inspections · 2007–2018

  1. 2007Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2011Inadequateas predecessor
  3. 2012Satisfactoryas predecessor
  4. 2014Goodas predecessor
  5. 2018Remains Goodas predecessor

4 strong areas

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

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · 1 point to improve · inspected as predecessor

Read what Ofsted said (4)

From Ofsted report, inspected Jan 2014 (inspected as predecessor)

Strengths

  • “This is a good school.”
  • “Pupils make good and often exceptional progress from very low starting points.”
  • “They leave the school reaching standards which are broadly average.”

To improve

  • “Ensure that the most able pupils are always given work which provides the challenge they need to enable them to reach the higher levels.”

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

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026339
Free school meals (past 6 years)52.9%
First language not English44.9%
SEN support21.1%
EHC plan4.1%
Absence (sessions missed)7.6%
Persistently absent pupils23.5%

Girls 48.7%Boys 51.3%

73.7% full · 460 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher20.7
Pupils per adult10.5
  • Classroom teachers 12.6
  • Leadership 3.5
  • Teaching assistants 14.6
  • Other support 7.9

Teachers 16.1 FTE · Whole workforce 38.6 · 49 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£9,847
Spend per pupil£8,969
Staff spend per pupil£6,477
Reserve per pupil£3
  • +£1,000revenue reserve
  • +£293,000in-year balance

Grants £9,634 · self-generated £213 · premises £537 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