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Oliver Goldsmith Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Peckham Road, Camberwell, London SE5 8UH · olivergoldsmith.southwark.sch.uk · 020 7703 4894
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 51%
- 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
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 358
- 75% of 480 places
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 58.5%
- First language not English
- 47.8%
- 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, 26 families put the school first and 34 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 | 34 | 26 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 28 | 26 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 27 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 40 | 40 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 51% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 2% 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 | |||
| ▼51% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼102 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Oliver Goldsmith Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 24 May 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 24 May 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Sept 2018
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
- May 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
- Jan 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
- Sept 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Sept 2018Requires 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 Good Safeguarding Effective Nov 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Mar 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (10 replies, to 6 September 2021).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 10
- 3% · 6 Sept 2021
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 40% who had a child bullied