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John Stainer Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Mantle Road, Brockley, London SE4 2DY · johnstainer.lewisham.sch.uk · 020 7639 0482
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 61%
- 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
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 400
- 89% of 450 places
- Local authority
- Lewisham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 22.4%
- First language not English
- 34.3%
- 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, 37 families put the school first and 56 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 | 56 | 37 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 53 | 49 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 46 | 43 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 58 | 1 | 97% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 65 | 1.1▲ | 86% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | 2.42 mi3.89 km | |
| September 2023 | 0.68 mi1.10 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 61% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 5% 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 | |||
| ●61% | 62% | ||
| ▼5% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
John Stainer Community Primary School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 6 February 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 6 Feb 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Nov 2012
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2012Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Jan 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (60 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 60
- 14% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 67% who raised concerns
based on the 27% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (18%) with SEND