Cardwell Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · London, Greenwich
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.31 miles
Published by Royal Borough of Greenwich · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cardwell Primary School is a primary school in London, Greenwich for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 26 November 2024. Greenwich has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Cardwell Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.31 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.31 miles from the school, the 22nd shortest of 48 Greenwich primary schools with a published last distance.
- For Reception 2026, 54 first-choice applications for 58 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 79% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 14% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Greenwich schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- 118 Frances Street, Woolwich, London, SE18 5LP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Greenwich
- Pupils on roll
- 423 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 26 November 2024
Strengths
- “This is a school where staff have high aspirations for pupils.”
- “High standards are set, not just for academic success, but for personal achievements also.”
- “As a result, pupils achieve highly, despite some challenging contextual issues.”
To improve
- “A lower proportion of pupils met the expected standard in the phonics screening check than the school expected in 2024.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 January 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 79% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 54 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 54 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Greenwich.
- Woodhill Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Mulgrave Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Windrush Charlton Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thorntree Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Notre Dame Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Nightingale Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Foxfield Primary School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published