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Myatt Garden Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Rokeby Road, Brockley, London SE4 1DF · myattgarden.lewisham.sch.uk · 020 8691 0611
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 71%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Lewisham 68%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.70 mi
- 1.12 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Lewisham Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 357
- 74% of 480 places
- Local authority
- Lewisham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 21.6%
- First language not English
- 23.2%
- 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 0.70 mi (1.12 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 3.39 mi (5.46 km). Source: Lewisham Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 55 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 87% 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 | 60 | 55 | 0.9 | 87% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 51 | 40 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 48 | 46 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 50 | 47 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 49 | 41 | 0.8 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.70 mi1.12 km | |
| September 2025 | 3.39 mi5.46 km | |
| September 2024 | 2.62 mi4.21 km | |
| September 2023 | 1.20 mi1.93 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% 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 | |||
| ▲71% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 26 February 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Myatt Garden Primary School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 25 Feb 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Sept 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Sept 2018Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Sept 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good May 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (116 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 116
- 30% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 68% who raised concerns
based on the 28% who had a child bullied
based on 16 parents (14%) with SEND