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Charles Dickens Primary School

2–11Ages
494Pupils
PrimaryPhase
148012URN

Toulmin Street, London, SE1 1AF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded OutstandingSep 2019

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jun 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

3.8per place

1.0 above Southwark median (2.7)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Southwark

222 applications for 59 places · 11th of 57 in Southwark

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

92%met the expected standard

Southwark 69% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded OutstandingSep 2019

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jun 2025

The graded inspection, 24 September 2019Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education	Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management	Outstanding
Early years provision	Outstanding

Inspection history

25 June 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
24 September 2019
Graded inspection: Outstanding · as Charles Dickens Primary School, URN 100781

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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

3.8applications per place, Reception

1.0 above Southwark median (2.7) 1.6 above England median (2.2)

222 applications · 59 places offered · 120 named it first

2026 3.8; Southwark median median 2.7
2025 3.8; Southwark median median 2.8
2024 3.6; Southwark median median 3.1
2023 2.9; Southwark median median 2.9
2022 4.0; Southwark median median 2.7
2021 3.7; Southwark median median 2.9
2020 4.4; Southwark median median 2.8; as the previous school
2019 4.3; Southwark median median 2.8; as the previous school
2018 3.4; Southwark median median 2.9; as the previous school
2017 3.5; Southwark median median 3.1; as the previous school
2016 3.7; Southwark median median 3.0; as the previous school
2015 4.3; Southwark median median 2.9; as the previous school
2014 3.9; Southwark median median 3.0; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Southwark median in 5 of 6 years.

This school
Southwark median

Dashed bars: as Charles Dickens Primary School (URN 100781), the previous school.

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	59	222	3.8	120	2.03
Sep 2025	56	211	3.8	111	1.98
Sep 2024	58	209	3.6	105	1.81
Sep 2023	59	169	2.9	93	1.58
Sep 2022	57	227	4.0	111	1.95
Sep 2021	60	220	3.7	99	1.65
Sep 2020 *	60	265	4.4	127	2.12
Sep 2019 *	60	257	4.3	107	1.78
Sep 2018 *	60	202	3.4	77	1.28
Sep 2017 *	60	212	3.5	79	1.32
Sep 2016 *	60	221	3.7	76	1.27
Sep 2015 *	60	256	4.3	92	1.53
Sep 2014 *	60	235	3.9	72	1.20

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 93% · Writing 95% · Maths 97% → all three 92% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard92%2nd of 62 in Southwark

Southwark 69% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard93%

Southwark 81% England 78%

Higher standard49%

Southwark 35% England 33%

Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard95%

Southwark 77% England 75%

Greater depth47%

Southwark 15% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard97%

Southwark 80% England 77%

Higher standard58%

Southwark 29% England 24%

Average scaled score 110 (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	92%	34%	109	110
2023/24	89%	26%	109	108
2022/23	95%	44%	112	112

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

Charles Dickens Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

3.8applications per place 92%met the SATs standard
The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary Overie
0.3 km · Southwark

Outstanding2022

4.1applications per place 93%met the SATs standard
Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary School, the Borough
0.3 km · Southwark

Remains Good2023

3.2applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
Friars Primary Foundation School
0.5 km · Southwark

Remains Good2024

2.9applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
St George's Cathedral Catholic Primary School
0.8 km · Southwark

Remains Good2024

2.6applications per place
St Jude's Church of England Primary School
0.8 km · Southwark

2026

43%met the SATs standard
Snowsfields Primary School
0.9 km · Southwark

Good2023

2.7applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
Victory Primary School
0.9 km · Southwark

Good2023

3.8applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
Oasis Academy South Bank Primary
1.0 km · Lambeth

Standards maintained2024

2.8applications per place 60%met the SATs standard

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

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School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 148012 · 210/2100
Trust: The Charter Schools Educational Trust
Capacity: 420 pupils · 494 on roll
Free school meals: 41.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 July 2020
Replaced: Charles Dickens Primary School (URN 100781)
Address: Toulmin Street, London, SE1 1AF
Local authority: Southwark

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