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James Wolfe Primary School and Centre for the Deaf
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Royal Hill, London SE10 8RZ · jameswolfe.greenwich.sch.uk · 020 8858 2472
On the mapSearch near SE10 8RZ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 80%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Greenwich 72%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Greenwich Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 673
- 80% of 840 places
- Local authority
- Greenwich
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 30%
- First language not English
- 35.2%
- 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: Greenwich Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 69 families put the school first and 93 places were offered; 100% 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 | 93 | 69 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 106 | 82 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 108 | 88 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 102 | 73 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 106 | 91 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | All | |
| September 2023 | All | |
| September 2022 | 3.24 mi5.22 km | |
The council lists the school as not oversubscribed on National Offer Day 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026: everyone who applied was offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25, 80% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 13% 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 | |||
| ▲80% | 62% | ||
| ▲13% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 8 February 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for James Wolfe Primary School and Centre for the Deaf was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 7 Feb 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Nov 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (89 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 84%
- Replies
- 89
- 12% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 71% who raised concerns
based on the 36% who had a child bullied
based on 19 parents (21%) with SEND