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St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Voluntary aided
Cole Close, Thamesmead, London SE28 8GB · lgfl.net · 020 8310 1699
On the mapSearch near SE28 8GB
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 75%
- 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
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 173
- 66% of 262 places
- Local authority
- Greenwich
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 26%
- First language not English
- 49.1%
- 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, 18 families put the school first and 18 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 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 97% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 75% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 13% 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 | |||
| ▲75% | 62% | ||
| ▲13% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲112 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 10 November 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 10 Nov 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Jul 2019
Other inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2024Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Met
Before September 2019
Jul 2019Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective Oct 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good May 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (11 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 11
- 6% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 64% who raised concerns
based on the 18% who had a child bullied