Primary school

St Stephen's CofE Primary School

  • Academy Converter
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Church of England
  • Lewisham
  • SE8 4ED

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 12,049 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 81%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 70%70%2016/17: top 23%23% · 2016/172017/18: top 59%2018/19: top 45%2022/23: top 64%2023/24: top 46%2024/25: top 81%No exams

Against London

Expected standard, RWM50% · London 72%Small cohort: 26 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Higher standard, RWM15% · London 12%Small cohort: 26 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Reading score104 · London 107Small cohort: 26 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Maths score103 · London 107Small cohort: 26 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 46% · 26 pupils · London 61%2016/17: 75% · 28 pupils · London 69%2017/18: 63% · 27 pupils · London 72%2018/19: 69% · 52 pupils · London 73%2022/23: 56% · 25 pupils · London 68%2023/24: 64% · 25 pupils · London 70%2024/25: 50% · 26 pupils · London 72%75%46%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 26 pupils · London 7%2016/17: 11% · 28 pupils · London 10%2017/18: 26% · 27 pupils · London 12%2018/19: 8% · 52 pupils · London 13%2022/23: 8% · 25 pupils · London 11%2023/24: 8% · 25 pupils · London 11%2024/25: 15% · 26 pupils · London 12%26%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 100 · 26 pupils · London 1032016/17: 106 · 28 pupils · London 1052017/18: 107 · 27 pupils · London 1062018/19: 104 · 52 pupils · London 1062022/23: 102 · 25 pupils · London 1062023/24: 106 · 25 pupils · London 1072024/25: 104 · 26 pupils · London 107107100No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 102 · 26 pupils · London 1042016/17: 106 · 28 pupils · London 1062017/18: 105 · 27 pupils · London 1062018/19: 105 · 52 pupils · London 1072022/23: 104 · 25 pupils · London 1062023/24: 104 · 25 pupils · London 1062024/25: 103 · 26 pupils · London 107106102No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
10 of 10 who put it first2014 · 73.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st1010
2nd90
3rd80

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2007–2022

  1. 2007Goodas predecessor
  2. 2012Goodas predecessor
  3. 2017Ungraded visitas predecessor
  4. 2022Goodas predecessor

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 · inspected as predecessor

Read what Ofsted said (6)

From Ofsted report, inspected Jun 2022 (inspected as predecessor)

Strengths

  • “Pupils really enjoy coming to this school.”
  • “They said their school is like a family.”
  • “All parents and carers who completed the Ofsted Parent View questionnaire would recommend this school.”

To improve

  • “Children’s learning in the early years is well planned.”
  • “However, in some subjects, leaders have not fully considered how this learning is built upon in Year 1 and beyond.”
  • “In a few subjects, leaders have not worked out the order in which pupils need to learn new subject content.”

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

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026186
Free school meals (past 6 years)40.3%
First language not English22.5%
SEN support20.1%
EHC plan5.9%
Absence (sessions missed)6.0%
Persistently absent pupils15.6%

Girls 46.6%Boys 53.4%

71.5% full · 260 places

Parent View

Not published for this school

Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher17.3
Pupils per adult8.3
  • Classroom teachers 8.7
  • Leadership 1.8
  • Teaching assistants 7.2
  • Other support 7.1

Teachers 10.5 FTE · Whole workforce 24.7 · 48 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£9,120
Spend per pupil£9,425
Staff spend per pupil£7,333
Reserve per pupil£1,985
  • +£390,000revenue reserve
  • −£60,000in-year balance

Grants £8,845 · self-generated £275 · premises £427 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