Community school · Southwark

Robert Browning Primary School

3–11Ages
185Pupils
PrimaryPhase
100809URN

King and Queen Street, Walworth, London, SE17 1DQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Dec 2025

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.6per place

close to Southwark median (2.7)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Southwark

34 applications for 13 places

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

43%met the expected standard

Southwark 69% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 9 December 2025Published 9 February 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Strong standard	Expected standard
Inclusion		Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching			Expected standard
Achievement			Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour		Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing		Strong standard
Early years			Expected standard
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance			Expected standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

9 December 2025
Report card · 3 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
28 September 2021
Graded inspection: Good

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About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

2.6applications per place, Reception

close to Southwark median (2.7) 0.4 above England median (2.2)

34 applications · 13 places offered · 12 named it first

2026 2.6; Southwark median median 2.7
2025 3.3; Southwark median median 2.8
2024 2.1; Southwark median median 3.1
2023 2.3; Southwark median median 2.9
2022 1.6; Southwark median median 2.7
2021 2.3; Southwark median median 2.9
2020 2.9; Southwark median median 2.8
2019 2.8; Southwark median median 2.8
2018 2.7; Southwark median median 2.9
2017 2.9; Southwark median median 3.1
2016 2.8; Southwark median median 3.0
2015 2.1; Southwark median median 2.9
2014 2.4; Southwark median median 3.0

This school
Southwark median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	13	34	2.6	12	0.92
Sep 2025	9	30	3.3	9	1.00
Sep 2024	18	38	2.1	17	0.94
Sep 2023	15	34	2.3	13	0.87
Sep 2022	21	33	1.6	18	0.86
Sep 2021	24	56	2.3	22	0.92
Sep 2020	19	55	2.9	14	0.74
Sep 2019	20	55	2.8	18	0.90
Sep 2018	22	60	2.7	22	1.00
Sep 2017	26	75	2.9	24	0.92
Sep 2016	32	91	2.8	28	0.88
Sep 2015	45	95	2.1	29	0.64
Sep 2014	37	88	2.4	30	0.81

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 57% · Writing 54% · Maths 46% → all three 43% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard43%61st of 62 in Southwark

Southwark 69% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard57%

Southwark 81% England 78%

Higher standard18%

Southwark 35% England 33%

Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard54%

Southwark 77% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Southwark 15% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard46%

Southwark 80% England 77%

Higher standard7%

Southwark 29% England 24%

Average scaled score 99 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Southwark median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	43%	0%	101	99
2023/24	59%	0%	104	104
2022/23	57%	7%	106	103

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Robert Browning Primary SchoolThis school
This school

2025

2.6applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
St Peter's Church of England Primary School
0.3 km · Southwark

Remains Good2023

3.1applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
English Martyrs' Roman Catholic Primary School
0.4 km · Southwark

Standards maintained2025

2.1applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Victory Primary School
0.5 km · Southwark

Good2023

3.8applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
Michael Faraday School
0.5 km · Southwark

Remains Good2024

2.7applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
St Paul's Church of England Primary School
0.5 km · Southwark

Good2023

1.9applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
Crampton Primary
0.6 km · Southwark

Outstanding2024

3.9applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
Oasis Academy Surrey Square
0.7 km · Southwark

Remains Outstanding2022

2.1applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
John Ruskin Primary School and Language Classes
0.7 km · Southwark

Outstanding2023

2.7applications per place 68%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 100809 · 210/2516
Capacity: 236 pupils · 185 on roll
Free school meals: 62.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: Resourced provision
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Address: King and Queen Street, Walworth, London, SE17 1DQ
Local authority: Southwark

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources