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Heathbrook Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
St Rule Street, London SW8 3EH · heathbrook.org · 020 7622 4101
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 76%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Lambeth 68%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Lambeth Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 339
- 81% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Lambeth
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 37.6%
- First language not English
- 46.6%
- 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: Lambeth Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 33 families put the school first and 47 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 47 | 33 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 39 | 30 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 51 | 0.9 | 98% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 59 | 54 | 0.9 | 98% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 45 | 39 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | 1.35 mi2.17 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 76% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 9% the higher standard. Across Lambeth it was 68%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲76% | 62% | ||
| ●9% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 25 June 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Heathbrook Primary School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 24 Jun 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Feb 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (149 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 84%
- Replies
- 149
- 38% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 42% who had a child bullied
based on 36 parents (24%) with SEND