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Bird In Bush School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Bird-in-Bush School, Bird-in-Bush Road, Peckham SE15 1QP · birdinbushprimary.co.uk · 020 7639 0431
On the mapSearch near SE15 1QP
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 67%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Southwark 70%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Southwark Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 381
- 73% of 525 places
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 59.6%
- First language not English
- 28.6%
- 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: Southwark Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 24 families put the school first and 25 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 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 38 | 38 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 43 | 42 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 33 | 31 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 67% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 4% the higher standard. Across Southwark it was 70%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲67% | 62% | ||
| ▼4% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Bird In Bush School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 2 July 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 2 Jul 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, Jan 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Feb 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (83 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 83
- 17% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 58% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied
based on 15 parents (18%) with SEND