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Charles Dickens Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Toulmin Street, London SE1 1AF · charlesdickens.southwark.sch.uk · 020 7407 1769
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2019
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 92%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Southwark 70%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 2.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 494
- 74 over 420 places · 118%
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 41.9%
- First language not English
- 19.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 120 families put the school first and 59 places were offered; 49% 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 | 59 | 120 | 2▲ | 49% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 56 | 111 | 2▲ | 50% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 58 | 105 | 1.8▲ | 55% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 59 | 93 | 1.6▲ | 62% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 57 | 111 | 1.9▲ | 51% |
Results
In 2024/25, 92% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 34% the higher standard. Across Southwark it was 70%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲92% | 62% | ||
| ▲34% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 100781)
Ofsted
Charles Dickens Primary School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 24 September 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Jun 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 24 Jun 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Sept 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 100781), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2019Outstanding
Quality of education Outstanding Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 100781)
Before September 2019
Mar 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 100781)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (64 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 64
- 13% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (19%) with SEND