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Discovery Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Battery Road, Thamesmead, London SE28 0JN · discovery.greenwich.sch.uk · 020 8855 2470
On the mapSearch near SE28 0JN
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Feb 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 59%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Greenwich 72%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.51 mi
- 0.83 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Greenwich Council
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 523
- 75% of 700 places
- Local authority
- Greenwich
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 26.4%
- First language not English
- 33.1%
- 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 0.51 mi (828 m) from the school. Source: Greenwich Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 64 families put the school first and 59 places were offered; 92% 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 | 59 | 64 | 1.1▲ | 92% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 52 | 48 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 67 | 58 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 88 | 89 | 1▲ | 98% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 76 | 71 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.51 mi0.83 km | |
| September 2023 | 1.09 mi1.76 km | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | All | |
| September 2022 | All | |
The council lists the school as not oversubscribed on National Offer Day 2022, 2024 and 2025: everyone who applied was offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25, 59% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% the higher standard. Across Greenwich it was 72%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼59% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Discovery Primary School on 24 February 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 24 Feb 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jun 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (64 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Positive
- 95%
- Replies
- 64
- 11% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 92% who raised concerns
based on 7 parents (11%) whose child was bullied
based on 14 parents (22%) with SEND