Heronsgate Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · London, Greenwich
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.75 miles
Published by Royal Borough of Greenwich · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Heronsgate Primary School is a primary school in London, Greenwich for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 7 December 2022. Greenwich has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Heronsgate 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 | 2.75 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
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 2.75 miles, 13th longest of 48 Greenwich primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 1.51 miles.
- That distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and about the same as in 2022, after a sharp swing between 2023 and 2024.
- Reception 2026 drew 71 first-choice applications for 82 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 11 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 77% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Greenwich.
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
- Whinchat Road, London, SE28 0EA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Greenwich
- Pupils on roll
- 707 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 7 December 2022
Strengths
- “This is an exceptional school.”
- “Staff and pupils are fully committed to the school’s aim which is ‘to discover and realise the genius in everyone’.”
- “Staff care for pupils well and ensure that they are kept safe.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 February 2023 (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) | 77% | 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: 71 first-preference applications, 82 offers in total, 71 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.
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Conway Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- South Rise Primary School 0.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Foxfield Primary School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Discovery Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bannockburn Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Margaret's Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published