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Heronsgate Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Whinchat Road, London SE28 0EA · heronsgate.greenwich.sch.uk · 020 8317 0809
On the mapSearch near SE28 0EA
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 77%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Greenwich 72%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Greenwich Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 707
- 77% of 918 places
- Local authority
- Greenwich
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 29.2%
- First language not English
- 66.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Greenwich Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 71 families put the school first and 82 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 82 | 71 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 82 | 77 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 97 | 82 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 77 | 66 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 107 | 91 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 77% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% the higher standard. Across Greenwich it was 72%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲77% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Heronsgate Primary School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 7 December 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 7 Dec 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Dec 2008
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2019Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Met Dec 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (61 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 87%
- Replies
- 61
- 8% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 72% who raised concerns
based on the 34% who had a child bullied