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Paxton Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Woodland Road, London SE19 1PA · paxtonprimary.co.uk · 020 8670 2935
On the mapSearch near SE19 1PA
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 64%
- 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
- 386
- 57% of 680 places
- Local authority
- Lambeth
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 14.7%
- First language not English
- 24.4%
- 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, 34 families put the school first and 52 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 | 52 | 34 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 52 | 40 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 52 | 36 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 56 | 34 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 61 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 64% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% 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 | |||
| ●64% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Paxton Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 11 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 11 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jun 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jun 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2013Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Apr 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good
What parents said
85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (121 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 85%
- Replies
- 121
- 26% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 72% who raised concerns
based on the 36% who had a child bullied
based on 17 parents (14%) with SEND