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Baring Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Linchmere Road, Lee, London SE12 0NB · baring.lewisham.sch.uk · 020 8857 5637
On the mapSearch near SE12 0NB
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 54%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Lewisham 68%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Lewisham Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 193
- 80% of 240 places
- Local authority
- Lewisham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 24.6%
- First language not English
- 40.9%
- 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: Lewisham Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 13 families put the school first and 16 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 | 16 | 13 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 22 | 19 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 25 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 29 | 24 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 27 | 20 | 0.7 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | 1.08 mi1.74 km | |
| September 2024 | 0.60 mi0.97 km | |
| September 2023 | 0.72 mi1.15 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 54% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 4% the higher standard. Across Lewisham it was 68%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼54% | 62% | ||
| ▼4% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼102 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Baring Primary School on 14 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 14 Jan 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Feb 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Dec 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Jun 2010Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (24 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 24
- 11% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 25% who had a child bullied