Primary school

St Michael's Church of England Primary School

  • Academy Converter
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Church of England
  • Lewisham
  • SE26 4HH

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 8,415 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 56%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 46%46%2016/17: top 28%2017/18: top 55%2018/19: top 30%2022/23: top 44%2023/24: top 13%13% · 2023/242024/25: top 56%No exams

Against London

Expected standard, RWM62% · 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 score105 · London 107Small cohort: 29 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Maths score103 · 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: 57% · 30 pupils · London 61%2016/17: 73% · 22 pupils · London 69%2017/18: 65% · 26 pupils · London 72%2018/19: 75% · 28 pupils · London 73%2022/23: 64% · 22 pupils · London 68%2023/24: 79% · 28 pupils · London 70%2024/25: 62% · 29 pupils · London 72%79%57%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 3% · 30 pupils · London 7%2016/17: 5% · 22 pupils · London 10%2017/18: 8% · 26 pupils · London 12%2018/19: 11% · 28 pupils · London 13%2022/23: 0% · 22 pupils · London 11%2023/24: 11% · 28 pupils · London 11%2024/25: 10% · 29 pupils · London 12%11%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 102 · 30 pupils · London 1032016/17: 106 · 22 pupils · London 1052017/18: 105 · 26 pupils · London 1062018/19: 104 · 28 pupils · London 1062022/23: 107 · 22 pupils · London 1062023/24: 110 · 28 pupils · London 1072024/25: 105 · 29 pupils · London 107110102No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 103 · 30 pupils · London 1042016/17: 105 · 22 pupils · London 1062017/18: 102 · 26 pupils · London 1062018/19: 105 · 28 pupils · London 1072022/23: 104 · 22 pupils · London 1062023/24: 108 · 28 pupils · London 1062024/25: 103 · 29 pupils · London 107108102No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
11 of 11 who put it first2014 · 95.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st1111
2nd71
3rd80

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2007–2020

  1. 2007Goodas predecessor
  2. 2011Goodas predecessor
  3. 2016Ungraded visitas predecessor
  4. 2020Remains Goodas predecessor

29 strong areas

  • Pupils' attendance
  • Quality of teaching
  • Achievement of pupils
  • Early years provision
  • Leadership and management
  • Behaviour and safety of pupils
  • The extent to which pupils feel safe
  • The use of assessment to support learning
  • The effectiveness of safeguarding procedures
  • Outcomes for individuals and groups of pupils
  • The effectiveness of care, guidance and support
  • The school's capacity for sustained improvement
  • The quality of pupils' learning and their progress
  • The extent to which pupils adopt healthy lifestyles
  • The leadership and management of teaching and learning
  • Outcomes for children in the Early Years Foundation Stage
  • The quality of provision in the Early Years Foundation Stage
  • The effectiveness with which the school promotes community cohesion
  • The effectiveness of the school's engagement with parents and carers
  • The effectiveness of partnerships in promoting learning and well-being
  • The extent of pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development
  • The extent to which pupils contribute to the school and wider community
  • The effectiveness of leadership and management of the Early Years Foundation Stage
  • The effectiveness with which the school deploys resources to achieve value for money
  • The effectiveness with which the school promotes equality of opportunity and tackles discrimination
  • The extent to which the curriculum meets pupils' needs, including, where relevant, through partnerships
  • The quality of learning for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and their progress
  • The extent to which pupils develop workplace and other skills that will contribute to their future economic well-being
  • The effectiveness of the governing body in challenging and supporting the school so that weaknesses are tackled decisively...

1 weak areas

  • Pupils' attainment

30 areas graded · 2 points to improve · inspected as predecessor

Read what Ofsted said (6)

From Ofsted report, inspected Feb 2020 (inspected as predecessor)

Strengths

  • “Leaders and staff encourage pupils to behave well and to be proud of their achievements.”
  • “Pupils are happy at this school.”
  • “They know that their teachers care about them as individuals and want them to do well.”

To improve

  • “Leaders are redesigning their plans for how subjects are taught in the school.”
  • “The teaching of specific knowledge and vocabulary is planned and sequenced well in reading, writing, art and history.”
  • “However, in some other subjects, there is variation in how well leaders’ plans are established.”

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

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026197
Free school meals (past 6 years)39.2%
First language not English9.1%
SEN support17.3%
EHC plan2.9%
Absence (sessions missed)5.2%
Persistently absent pupils13.3%

Girls 46.6%Boys 53.4%

93.8% full · 210 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher18.7
Pupils per adult9.9
  • Classroom teachers 8.9
  • Leadership 1.6
  • Teaching assistants 9.3
  • Other support 1

Teachers 10.5 FTE · Whole workforce 20.8 · 30 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,234
Spend per pupil£9,052
Staff spend per pupil£6,613
Reserve per pupil£519
  • +£104,000revenue reserve
  • −£164,000in-year balance

Grants £7,840 · self-generated £394 · premises £469 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: SDBE MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST (14 academies) · trust reserve £1,703,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it