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Alexander McLeod Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–11 · Community school
Fuchsia Street, London SE2 0QS · alexmcleod.org.uk · 020 8311 2266
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 72%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Greenwich 72%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 1.30 mi
- 2.09 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Greenwich Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 544
- 86% of 630 places
- Local authority
- Greenwich
- Free school meals
- 37.9%
- First language not English
- 50.6%
- 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 1.30 mi (2.09 km) from the school. Source: Greenwich Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 89 families put the school first and 88 places were offered; 97% 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 | 88 | 89 | 1▲ | 97% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 72 | 66 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 75 | 74 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 70 | 68 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 62 | 61 | 1 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.30 mi2.09 km | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | All | |
| September 2023 | All | |
| September 2022 | All | |
The council lists the school as not oversubscribed on National Offer Day 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025: everyone who applied was offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25, 72% 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 | |||
| ▲72% | 62% | ||
| ▲13% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
| ▲111 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Alexander McLeod Primary School on 21 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 21 Jan 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Dec 2007Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (62 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 62
- 11% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied