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Snowsfields Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Kirby Grove, London SE1 3TD · thebridgesfederation.org.uk · 020 7525 9065
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 61%
- 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
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 180
- 81% of 222 places
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 52%
- First language not English
- 43.9%
- 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: Southwark Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 15 families put the school first and 22 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 | 22 | 15 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 25 | 16 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 17 | 16 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 25 | 19 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 27 | 21 | 0.8 | 95% |
Results
In 2024/25, 61% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 26% 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 | |||
| ●61% | 62% | ||
| ▲26% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Snowsfields Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 3 July 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 3 Jul 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jul 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Jul 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good May 2010Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (42 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 42
- 22% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 57% who raised concerns
based on the 26% who had a child bullied
based on 10 parents (24%) with SEND