Gordon Primary School
Offers reached between 0.42 and 0.97 miles in the last 3 years we hold. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.
Bars: how far the last place offered reached each year. Check your postcode and each year turns green where a place reached your home. Source: Royal Borough of Greenwich offer-day figures, 2022 to 2025.
Summary
The key facts, in one place- Inspection
- Good, November 2023
- Getting in
- Last offer 0.97 mi (2025)
- Results
- 82% expected standard; 15% higher standard
- Size
- 439 pupils; 60 places a year; classes of 27
- Run by
- Greenwich council
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11 · Mixed
- Expected standard: 82%, against 72% in Greenwich.
- Sessions missed: 4.3%, against 4.9% in Greenwich.
At a glance
Against Greenwich and EnglandOverview
Getting in
- 49 families put it first for 60 places; every one of them got in
- We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.
Quality
- Good
- Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 82% (England 62%) (county 72%)
- Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 15% (England 8%) (county 15%)
Daily life
- Absence: 4.3% of sessions missed; 8.2% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 4.6% and 9.6%
- Suspensions: 0 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 1); 0 permanent exclusions
- Classes average 27.1 pupils; 0.0% of classes have more than 30
- 25.8 pupils for each teacher
- Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 282 m, rail 354 m
- 72 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 11 serious)
- Air: nitrogen dioxide 16.7 µg/m³, PM2.5 9.0 (1 km square, background level)
Who runs it
- Community school is run by its local council (Greenwich), not by an academy trust.
Getting in
How far offers reached
How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →
Offer day, year by year
| Entry | Year | Places | Applications | Offered | Refused | Last distance (miles) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reception | 2025 | 60 | 203 | — | — | 0.97 |
| Reception | 2023 | 60 | 201 | — | — | 0.42 |
| Reception | 2022 | 60 | 189 | — | — | 0.7 |
Source: Council offer-day figures: Royal Borough of Greenwich, 2022 to 2025. A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought. Distances are straight lines from the school.
Applications and offers, DfE
| Entry | Year | Places | First choices | Any choice | First choices offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reception | 2026 | 60 | 49 | 191 | 49 |
| Reception | 2025 | 60 | 51 | 203 | 49 |
| Reception | 2024 | 53 | 44 | 203 | 44 |
| Reception | 2023 | 60 | 68 | 201 | 57 |
| Reception | 2022 | 60 | 52 | 189 | 50 |
| Reception | 2021 | 60 | 60 | 217 | 57 |
| Reception | 2020 | 60 | 59 | 234 | 44 |
| Reception | 2019 | 60 | 71 | 241 | 51 |
| Reception | 2018 | 60 | 56 | 223 | 47 |
| Reception | 2017 | 59 | 46 | 242 | 41 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2014 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.
Results
Results
| Measure | This school | England | Council | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths: expected standard | 82% | 62% | 72% | 2024/2025 |
| Reading, writing and maths: higher standard | 15% | 8% | 15% | 2024/2025 |
Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.
League table place
| Table | League rank |
|---|---|
| Primary (key stage 2) | Top 21% (13/63) |
Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.
Inspections
| Date | Kind | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 1 November 2023 | Graded inspection | Good |
Source: Ofsted, 2023.
Daily life
Absence
| Year | Sessions missed | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils missing 1 in 10 | Pupils missing 1 in 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 4.3% | 3.5% | 0.8% | 8.2% | 0.3% |
| 2023/24 | 3.9% | 2.8% | 1.1% | 6.0% | 0.0% |
| 2022/23 | 5.0% | 3.8% | 1.2% | 9.7% | 1.1% |
| Schools with a similar intake | 4.6% | 9.6% |
Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (10-20%), the median of 4894 schools.
Suspensions and exclusions
| Year | Suspensions per 100 pupils | Pupils suspended | Suspensions | Permanent exclusions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 0.2 | 0.2% | 1 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 |
| Schools with a similar intake | 0.8 |
Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.
Class sizes and staff
| Measure | Figure | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Average class size | 27.1 | 2025/26 |
| Classes over 30 pupils | 0.0% | 2025/26 |
| Pupils for each teacher | 25.8 | November 2025 |
Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.
Stops nearby
| Kind | Nearest (metres, straight line) |
|---|---|
| bus | 282 |
| rail | 354 |
Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
Road collisions within 500 m
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 |
| 2024 | 14 |
| 2023 | 17 |
| 2022 | 14 |
| 2021 | 15 |
Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 11 serious and 0 fatal in all; 7 involved a pedestrian, 12 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
Air quality
| Pollutant | Annual mean (µg/m³) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| NO2 | 16.7 | 2024 |
| PM10 | 14.8 | 2024 |
| PM25 | 9.0 | 2024 |
Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
Pupils
Who goes there
| Measure | Share of pupils | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Eligible for free school meals | 14% | 2025/26 |
| First language other than English | 28% | 2025/26 |
| SEN support | 16% | 2025/26 |
| Education, health and care plan | 5.0% | 2025/26 |
| Girls | 51% | 2025/26 |
Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.
Who runs it
Who runs it
- Community school is run by its local council (Greenwich), not by an academy trust.
Area
Homes in reach of this schoolLook up any home near here: its sales, an open-data valuation, and which schools it keeps in reach.Search homes →Sources
- Council offer-day figures: Royal Borough of Greenwich
- DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
- DfE school performance tables
- DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
- DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
- DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
- DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
- DfE, school workforce; school census
- DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
- DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
- DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
- Ofsted
- School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
- How we check these figures: How we know
More in schools in London and the Greenwich league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
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