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Turnham Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Turnham Road, Brockley, London SE4 2HH · turnhamacademy.org · 020 7639 0440
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 88%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Lewisham 68%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 168
- 29% of 576 places
- Local authority
- Lewisham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 53%
- First language not English
- 23.8%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Step Academy Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 19 families put the school first and 20 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 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 13 | 12 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 19 | 17 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 88% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 24% 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 | |||
| ▲88% | 62% | ||
| ▲24% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ▲111 | 105 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 100753)
Ofsted
Turnham Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 11 October 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 11 Oct 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2013
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 100753), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Mar 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 100753)
Sept 2007Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 100753)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (13 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 13
- 5% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 54% who raised concerns
based on the 38% who had a child bullied