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St John the Divine Church of England Primary School

London, SE5 0SX · Lambeth · primary school

Ofsted: Good · 2024 Inspected 2 years ago Mixed Primary Church of England
3.7/10 Broadly average

48th of 56 primary schools in Lambeth we can score, 58 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still — 3.6/10 against 1,448 of them, against 2.9/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Expected standard (RWM) 2024/25 52.0 · 22 40% 0.89
Ofsted 52 35% 1.81
Higher standard (RWM) 2024/25 5.0 · 40 25% 1.00

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. In 2024/25, 52.0% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths, compared to the national median of 64%. Only 5.0% reached the higher standard. Ofsted rated the school Good in January 2024. Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still (3.6 out of 10 against similar schools, 2.9 out of 10 against all schools).

Beyond the classroom. Pupils participate in netball, basketball, gymnastics, football, dance, tag rugby, orienteering, and hockey, alongside the Virtual Choir and trips to the Oval. An after-school club is available, but there is no breakfast club.

Getting in. The school has 97 pupils in a building with 210 places, leaving 113 spare places. This means the school has real spare room, so a place is likely and classes are smaller than it is built for.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils who are below the expected standard in maths? What specific activities are offered in the after-school club? How does the school manage class sizes given the significant number of spare places?

Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.

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