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Alderbrook Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Oldridge Road, Balham, London SW12 8PP · alderbrookprimaryschool.co.uk · 020 8673 4913
On the mapSearch near SW12 8PP
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 74%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Wandsworth 69%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Wandsworth Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 216
- 51% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Wandsworth
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 39.4%
- First language not English
- 45.4%
- 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: Wandsworth Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 19 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 | 19 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 19 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 18 | 11 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 47 | 28 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 42 | 35 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 74% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 22% the higher standard. Across Wandsworth it was 69%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲74% | 62% | ||
| ▲22% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Alderbrook Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 31 January 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 31 Jan 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 | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Apr 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jul 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Apr 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Dec 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (80 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 80
- 35% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 69% who raised concerns
based on the 25% who had a child bullied
based on 17 parents (21%) with SEND