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State primary · 2 to 11 · Mixed · Church of England · 206 pupils

St George's CofE Primary School

Perry Vale, Forest Hill, London, SE23 2NE · Lewisham
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · RECEPTION 2027

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Ofsted report card · May 2026Top 29% (19/66)Fewer first choices than places (2026)
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Summary

The key facts, in one place
Primary (key stage 2) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 3,320th of 14,817 on the same figure. Band: Top 29%.
Top 29% (19/66)Rank among 66 Lewisham primaries with results, 2025 results (reading, writing and maths)
See the Lewisham league table →
Inspection
Ofsted report card, May 2026
Getting in
Not full for Reception 2026
Results
75% expected standard; 11% higher standard
Size
206 pupils; 27 places a year; classes of 22
Faith
Church of England
Run by
Sdbe Multi-academy Trust
Type
Academy converter
Ages
2 to 11 · Mixed
Ofsted, May 2026The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
AchievementStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
InclusionStrong standard
Safeguarding standardsMet
Strengths, and things to check
  • Expected standard: 75%, against 68% in Lewisham.
  • Higher standard: 11%, against 10% in Lewisham.
  • Suspensions per 100 pupils: 1.0, against 0.5 in Lewisham.
  • We hold no offer-day distances for this school: ask the council how far places went.
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At a glance

Against Lewisham and England
This schoolLewishamEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Expected standardThe share of Year 6 pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, from the key stage 2 tests and teacher assessment.
75%
Better than Lewisham
Higher standardThe share who reached the higher standard in all three. A small year group can swing this a lot from one year to the next.
11%
Better than Lewisham
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
3.9%
Better than Lewisham
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
11.4%
Better than Lewisham
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
1.0
Worse than Lewisham
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
22.2
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
40%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
16.9
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Reception place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
0.9
In line with Lewisham
Lewisham and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state primary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Where these figures come from →

Overview

Getting in

  • A Church of England school: its admissions policy may give priority by faith. DfE, Get Information about Schools
  • 25 families put it first for 27 places; every one of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Reception 2026
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.
  • We can't tell how far Reception places reached: we hold no offer-day figures for this school. Ask the council or the school for the last distance offered.

Quality

  • Ofsted report card (Achievement: Strong standard; Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met) Ofsted · inspected 19 May 2026
  • Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 75% (England 62%) (county 68%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025
  • Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 11% (England 8%) (county 10%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025

Daily life

  • Absence: 3.9% of sessions missed; 11% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 6.3% and 19% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 1 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 2); 0 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 22.2 pupils; 0.0% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 16.9 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 38 m, rail 210 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 124 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 16 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 17.1 µg/m³, PM2.5 8.9 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Who runs it

  • Sdbe Multi-academy Trust, with 14 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined May 2018
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 May 2018 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced St George's CofE Primary School (URN 100721) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 April 2018
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

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 →

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Reception202627256625
Reception202523226922
Reception202424226422
Reception202325236323
Reception202218155115
Reception202116155515
Reception202018185718
Reception201919166116

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2019 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

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Results

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Reading, writing and maths: expected standard75%62%68%2024/2025
Reading, writing and maths: higher standard11%8%10%2024/2025

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.

League table place

TableLeague rank
Primary (key stage 2)Top 29% (19/66)

Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
19 May 2026Report card7 areas graded
27 January 2022Ungraded visitSchool remains Good

Source: Ofsted, 2026.

Lewisham league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/253.9%2.5%1.5%11%2.4%
2023/245.3%3.2%2.1%17%2.3%
2022/237.0%3.7%3.3%22%0.0%
Schools with a similar intake6.3%19%

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 (40% or more), the median of 2777 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/251.00.5%20
2023/240.00.0%00
2022/230.00.0%00
Schools with a similar intake2.2

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size22.22025/26
Classes over 30 pupils0.0%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher16.9November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus38
rail210

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

YearCollisions
202519
202421
202325
202234
202125

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 16 serious and 0 fatal in all; 17 involved a pedestrian, 30 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO217.12024
PM1014.02024
PM258.92024

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

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals40%2025/26
First language other than English52%2025/26
SEN support19%2025/26
Education, health and care plan3.9%2025/26
Girls48%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • Sdbe Multi-academy Trust, with 14 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined May 2018
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 May 2018 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced St George's CofE Primary School (URN 100721) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 April 2018
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Area

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Sources

  • 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 Lewisham league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.