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Brooklands Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Medebourne Close, Casterbridge Road, London SE3 9AB · brooklandsschool.org.uk · 020 8852 8210
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 61%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Greenwich 72%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.64 mi
- 1.02 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Greenwich Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 233
- 91% of 256 places
- Local authority
- Greenwich
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 18.4%
- First language not English
- 17.2%
- 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 0.64 mi (1.02 km) from the school. Source: Greenwich Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 36 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 72% 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 | 30 | 36 | 1.2▲ | 72% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 20 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 29 | 27 | 0.9 | 81% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 22 | 14 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 29 | 23 | 0.8 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.64 mi1.02 km | |
| September 2024 | 0.86 mi1.38 km | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2023 | All | |
| September 2022 | All | |
The council lists the school as not oversubscribed on National Offer Day 2022, 2023 and 2025: everyone who applied was offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25, 61% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 21% 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 | |||
| ●61% | 62% | ||
| ▲21% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 100148)
Ofsted
Brooklands Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 24 January 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 24 Jan 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, May 2012
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2012Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Mar 2010Requires 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
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (89 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 89
- 45% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 28% who had a child bullied
based on 15 parents (17%) with SEND