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Bessemer Grange Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 515Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 130918URN

Dylways, London, SE5 8HP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodMar 2015
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · May 2024
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.6per place
0.9 above Southwark median (2.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Southwark

216 applications for 60 places · 14th of 57 in Southwark
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
78%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodMar 2015
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · May 2024

Inspection history

  1. 23 May 2024
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 10 March 2015
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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
3.6applications per place, Reception
0.9 above Southwark median (2.7) 1.4 above England median (2.2)

216 applications · 60 places offered · 51 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 3.6; Southwark median median 2.7
  2. 2025 3.2; Southwark median median 2.8
  3. 2024 2.7; Southwark median median 3.1
  4. 2023 2.6; Southwark median median 2.9
  5. 2022 3.2; Southwark median median 2.7
  6. 2021 3.2; Southwark median median 2.9
  7. 2020 2.9; Southwark median median 2.8
  8. 2019 3.1; Southwark median median 2.8
  9. 2018 3.6; Southwark median median 2.9
  10. 2017 3.8; Southwark median median 3.1
  11. 2016 3.5; Southwark median median 3.0
  12. 2015 4.3; Southwark median median 2.9
  13. 2014 3.7; 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026602163.6510.85
Sep 2025581863.2480.83
Sep 2024631722.7450.71
Sep 2023822122.6570.70
Sep 2022632003.2510.81
Sep 2021722283.2550.76
Sep 2020882542.9690.78
Sep 2019892793.1770.87
Sep 2018903253.6810.90
Sep 2017903463.8840.93
Sep 2016842973.5690.82
Sep 2015893864.3981.10
Sep 2014893293.7700.79

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 90% · Writing 81% · Maths 88% → all three 78% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard78%14th of 62 in Southwark
Reading
Expected standard90%
Higher standard68%
Average scaled score 112 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard81%
Greater depth29%
Maths
Expected standard88%
Higher standard61%
Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Southwark median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2578%28%112109
2023/2476%27%108108
2022/2362%26%105106

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

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
130918 · 210/2856
Capacity
690 pupils · 515 on roll
Free school meals
26.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 1996
Address
Dylways, London, SE5 8HP
Local authority
Southwark

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