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Alderwood Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Rainham Close, Eltham, London SE9 2JH · alderwood.compassps.uk · 020 8850 6841
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Dec 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 87%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Greenwich 72%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 1.79 mi
- 2.88 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Greenwich Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 192
- 91% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Greenwich
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 57.3%
- First language not English
- 21.9%
- 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 1.79 mi (2.88 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 1.80 mi (2.89 km). Source: Greenwich Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 27 families put the school first and 28 places were offered; 93% 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 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 18 | 15 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 27 | 0.9 | 93% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 27 | 31 | 1.1▲ | 81% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 28 | 21 | 0.8 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.79 mi2.88 km | |
| September 2025 | 1.80 mi2.89 km | |
| September 2024 | 1.76 mi2.83 km | |
| September 2023 | 0.29 mi0.46 km | |
| September 2022 | All | |
The council lists the school as not oversubscribed on National Offer Day 2022: everyone who applied was offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25, 87% 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 | |||
| ▲87% | 62% | ||
| ▲13% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 100112)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Alderwood Primary School on 9 December 2025 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: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 9 Dec 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Strong standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Sept 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (32 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Positive
- 90%
- Replies
- 32
- 16% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 94% who raised concerns
based on 4 parents (13%) whose child was bullied
based on 11 parents (34%) with SEND