Baring Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · London, Lewisham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Lewisham Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Baring Primary School is a primary school in London, Lewisham for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 14 January 2025. Lewisham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Baring 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 to Reception in 2026 was offered a place, whereas places ran out (a last distance was published) in all 6 earlier years with a published outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 13 first-choice applications for 16 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 54% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Lewisham.
- The school has 18.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.9 across 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
- Linchmere Road, Lee, London, SE12 0NB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Lewisham
- Pupils on roll
- 193 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 14 January 2025
Strengths
- “This is a warm and welcoming school.”
- “Parents and carers typically describe it as ‘part of the community’ where staff carefully consider the needs of their children.”
- “Pupils feel safe and are kept safe.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, teachers’ activity choices and adaptations are not as well matched to what they want pupils to learn.”
- “This can limit the development of pupils’ knowledge and understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 February 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) | 54% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 13 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.
- St Winifred's RC Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good
- Cooper's Lane Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sandhurst Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brindishe Lee School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Brindishe Manor School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Haberdashers' Knights Primary 0.8 mi Good
- Forster Park Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Torridon Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published