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Best primary schools in Lewisham

63 of 65 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Lewisham schools · secondary schools

Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

56 of 65 rated Good or Outstanding
14 oversubscribed on first preference
10 Good or better and undersubscribed — the overlooked ones
Median Met expected standard (RWM): 70.0% (best 90.0%)

#	School	Met expected standard (RWM)	Ofsted	Places	Catchment
1	Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School London	90.0%	Not judged	oversubscribed 1.38 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
2	Turnham Academy London	88.0%	Good	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
3	Eliot Bank Primary School London hidden gem	85.0%	Good declining	undersubscribed 0.68 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
4	Gordonbrock Primary School Brockley	85.0%	Outstanding improving	oversubscribed 1.42 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
5	Holy Cross Catholic Primary School London	83.0%	Outstanding improving	oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
6	St James's Hatcham Church of England Primary School London	83.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
7	Stillness Junior School London	83.0%	Good	—	approximate
8	Rathfern Primary School London	82.0%	Outstanding	about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
9	Downderry Primary School Bromley	80.0%	Outstanding improving	oversubscribed 1.4 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
10	Fairlawn Primary School London	80.0%	Good declining	about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
11	St Bartholomews's Church of England Primary School London	80.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.35 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
12	Brindishe Lee School London	79.0%	Good declining	oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
13	St Margaret's Lee CofE Primary School London	78.0%	Outstanding improving	oversubscribed 1.37 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
14	Tidemill Academy London	76.0%	Good	about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
15	Ashmead Primary School London	75.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.38 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
16	Brindishe Manor School London	75.0%	Outstanding improving	oversubscribed 1.32 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
17	Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary London hidden gem	75.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
18	St George's CofE Primary School London	75.0%	Good	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
19	Childeric Primary School London	74.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
20	St Augustine's Catholic Primary School and Nursery London	74.0%	Good declining	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
21	Haberdashers' Knights Primary Bromley	73.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
22	Horniman Primary School London	73.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.57 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
23	St Joseph's Catholic Primary School London	73.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
24	Adamsrill Primary School London hidden gem	72.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
25	Edmund Waller Primary School London	72.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.27 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
26	Kelvin Grove Primary School London hidden gem	72.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.78 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
27	St William of York Catholic Primary School London	72.0%	Good declining	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
28	Dalmain Primary School London	71.0%	Not judged declining	oversubscribed 1.24 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
29	John Ball Primary School London	71.0%	Outstanding	oversubscribed 1.52 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
30	Myatt Garden Primary School London	71.0%	Good declining	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
31	Oak Gardens Primary School London	71.0%	Good	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
32	Marvels Lane Primary School London	70.0%	Good	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
33	Beecroft Garden Primary London	69.0%	Not judged improving	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
34	Brindishe Green School London hidden gem	69.0%	Good declining	undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
35	Deptford Park Primary School London	69.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
36	Forster Park Primary School Lewisham	68.0%	Not judged	about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
37	Kender Primary School London	68.0%	Not judged	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
38	St John Baptist Southend Church of England Primary School Bromley hidden gem	68.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
39	All Saints' Church of England Primary School Blackheath London hidden gem	67.0%	Good declining	undersubscribed 0.7 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
40	Good Shepherd RC School Bromley	67.0%	Not judged	about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
41	Perrymount Primary School London	67.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
42	Sandhurst Primary School London	67.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.22 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
43	Kilmorie Primary School London	66.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
44	Torridon Primary School London hidden gem	66.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
45	Haseltine Primary School London	65.0%	Good	about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
46	Cooper's Lane Primary School London	62.0%	Good	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
47	St Michael's Church of England Primary School London	62.0%	Good	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
48	John Stainer Community Primary School London hidden gem	61.0%	Outstanding improving	undersubscribed 0.66 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
49	St Mary's Lewisham Church of England Primary School London	60.0%	Good	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
50	St Winifred's RC Primary School London hidden gem	59.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.78 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
51	Our Lady and St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School London	58.0%	Good	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
52	Grinling Gibbons Primary School London	57.0%	Good	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
53	Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School London	57.0%	Good	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
54	St Saviour's Catholic Primary School London	57.0%	Not judged	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
55	Holbeach Primary School London	56.0%	Good declining	about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
56	Baring Primary School London	54.0%	Not judged declining	undersubscribed 0.81 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
57	Launcelot Primary School and Nursery Bromley	53.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
58	Rangefield Primary School Bromley	51.0%	Good improving	undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
59	St Stephen's CofE Primary School London	50.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
60	Rushey Green Primary School London	49.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
61	Elfrida Primary School London	47.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
62	Athelney Primary School London	43.0%	Good improving	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
63	Twin Oaks Primary School London	42.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate

Also in Lewisham

2 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Lewisham, not a fairer one.

Heath House Preparatory School
Stillness Infant School Ofsted: Good

Applying in Lewisham

Knowing which school is best is only half of it — these are the deadlines that decide whether you can apply at all.

Secondary application deadline 2026-10-31 · 2027 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2027 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2026; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.
Primary (Reception) application deadline 2027-01-15 · 2027 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2027 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2027; apply via your home local authority.
Secondary National Offer Day 2027-03-01 · 2027 entry Secondary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — state school Year 7 place offers (1 March).
Primary National Offer Day 2027-04-16 · 2027 entry Primary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — Reception place offers (16 April).
Secondary application deadline 2027-10-31 · 2028 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2028 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2027; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.
Primary (Reception) application deadline 2028-01-15 · 2028 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2028 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2028; apply via your home local authority.

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