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St Winifred's RC Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Voluntary aided
Newstead Road, Lee, London SE12 0SJ · swcps.lewisham.sch.uk · 020 8857 8792
On the mapSearch near SE12 0SJ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · May 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 59%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Lewisham 68%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 350
- 83% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Lewisham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 18.3%
- First language not English
- 43.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 29 families put the school first and 37 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 | 37 | 29 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 53 | 41 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 46 | 34 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 56 | 44 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 49 | 0.8 | 98% |
Results
In 2024/25, 59% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 16% the higher standard. Across Lewisham it was 68%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼59% | 62% | ||
| ▲16% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 100738)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 16 May 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for St Winifred's RC Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 15 May 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (10 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 10
- 3% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 50% who had a child bullied