Report card · inspected Feb 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Southwark
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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Inspection history
- 3 February 2026Report card · 3 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
- 14 September 2021Graded inspection: Good · as St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, URN 100832
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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 entry40 applications · 15 places offered · 15 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.7; Southwark median median 2.7
- 2025 1.9; Southwark median median 2.8
- 2024 2.1; Southwark median median 3.1
- 2023 2.1; Southwark median median 2.9
- 2022 2.9; Southwark median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2021 2.7; Southwark median median 2.9; as the previous school
- 2020 3.0; Southwark median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2019 3.2; Southwark median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2018 3.4; Southwark median median 2.9; as the previous school
- 2017 3.3; Southwark median median 3.1; as the previous school
- 2016 3.8; Southwark median median 3.0; as the previous school
- 2015 3.7; Southwark median median 2.9; as the previous school
- 2014 3.6; Southwark median median 3.0; as the previous school
- This school
- Southwark median
Dashed bars: as St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School (URN 100832), 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 | 15 | 40 | 2.7 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 25 | 48 | 1.9 | 23 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2024 | 33 | 69 | 2.1 | 32 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 39 | 82 | 2.1 | 36 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2022 * | 44 | 128 | 2.9 | 48 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2021 * | 45 | 122 | 2.7 | 45 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 45 | 137 | 3.0 | 49 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2019 * | 45 | 146 | 3.2 | 60 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2018 * | 45 | 154 | 3.4 | 66 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2017 * | 45 | 148 | 3.3 | 63 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2016 * | 45 | 172 | 3.8 | 61 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2015 * | 45 | 166 | 3.7 | 47 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2014 * | 44 | 158 | 3.6 | 54 | 1.23 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 84% · Writing 76% · Maths 80% → all three 67% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Southwark median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 67% | 27% | 108 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 60% | 11% | 105 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 71% | 14% | 110 | 110 |
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
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.7applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 0.2 km · SouthwarkRemains Good20242.1applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 0.3 km · SouthwarkGood20232.7applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · SouthwarkGraded · no overall grade20252.7applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Tower HamletsRequires improvement20231.9applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · SouthwarkOutstanding20223.6applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · SouthwarkGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · SouthwarkGood20232.6applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · SouthwarkGood20232.7applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 149346 · 210/3475
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 345 pupils · 258 on roll
- Free school meals
- 28.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 December 2022
- Replaced
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School (URN 100832)
- Address
- George Row, Bermondsey, London, SE16 4UP
- Local authority
- Southwark
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources