Athelney Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · London, Lewisham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Lewisham Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Athelney Primary School is a primary school in London, Lewisham for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 July 2022. Lewisham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Athelney 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 | Not published |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a place for Reception in 2025, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in all 5 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 24 first-choice applications for 24 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- The school has 15.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.4 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Lewisham.
- 43% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Lewisham.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Lewisham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Athelney Street, London, SE6 3LD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Lewisham
- Pupils on roll
- 354 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 40.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 July 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils arrive at school very keen and enthusiastic to start their day.”
- “As one pupil put it, it’s ‘simply perfect'.”
- “Staff care deeply about pupils and welcome them warmly.”
To improve
- “Pupils leaving the school at the end of key stage 2 have not achieved well in the past.”
- “Although current pupils' achievement is improving, it is sometimes hampered by levels of attendance that are not high enough.”
- “Although rates of attendance are rising, too many pupils still miss too many days of school.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 September 2026 (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) | 43% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 24 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 Lewisham.
- Elfrida Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rathfern Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John Baptist Southend Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained
- Rushey Green Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Haseltine Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Outstanding
- Kilmorie Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School and Nursery 0.8 mi School remains Good