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Beecroft Garden Primary
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Beecroft Road, London SE4 2BS · beecroftgarden.lewisham.sch.uk · 020 8692 2762
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 69%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Lewisham 68%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.57 mi
- 0.91 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Lewisham Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 382
- 91% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Lewisham
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 19.6%
- First language not English
- 29.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.57 mi (915 m) from the school; in September 2025 it was 0.79 mi (1.27 km). Source: Lewisham Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 59 families put the school first and 59 places were offered; 86% 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 | 59 | 59 | 1 | 86% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 54 | 0.9 | 94% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 63 | 1.1▲ | 95% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 57 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 61 | 1▲ | 87% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.57 mi0.91 km | |
| September 2025 | 0.79 mi1.27 km | |
| September 2024 | 0.80 mi1.28 km | |
| September 2023 | 0.94 mi1.52 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 69% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 9% 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 | |||
| ▲69% | 62% | ||
| ●9% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Beecroft Garden Primary on 15 October 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 15 Oct 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 | Requires improvement |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Nov 2013Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Oct 2011Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (101 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 101
- 26% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 71% who raised concerns
based on the 26% who had a child bullied
based on 20 parents (20%) with SEND