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Elm Wood School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Carnac Street, West Norwood, London SE27 9RR · elmwoodprimary.co.uk · 020 8670 1621
On the mapSearch near SE27 9RR
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
- 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
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 364
- 82% of 446 places
- Local authority
- Lambeth
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 29.1%
- First language not English
- 21.4%
- 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, 35 families put the school first and 41 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 | 41 | 35 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 49 | 38 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 52 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 43 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 57 | 1 | 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 2% 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% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Elm Wood School on 28 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 28 Jan 2025
- 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: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Nov 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (59 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 59
- 16% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 24% who had a child bullied