Beecroft Garden Primary
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · London, Lewisham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.57 miles
Published by Lewisham Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Beecroft Garden Primary is a primary school in London, Lewisham for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 15 October 2024. Lewisham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Beecroft Garden Primary 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 | 0.57 mi |
| 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
- For Reception in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.57 miles away, the 8th longest of 19 Lewisham primary schools with a published last distance.
- That 2026 Reception distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2018, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 59 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 51 offers went to first-choice families and 8 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Beecroft Road, London, SE4 2BS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Lewisham
- Pupils on roll
- 382 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 15 October 2024
Strengths
- “This school is a welcoming and inclusive community where pupils are happy and feel safe.”
- “Pupils attend regularly and look forward to their school day.”
- “The school is ambitious for all pupils.”
To improve
- “In early years, however, children’s learning and development are not promoted as effectively.”
- “However, in a few other subjects, such as geography and history, the curriculum does not consistently promote learning as well.”
- “The curriculum for these subjects is not as clearly set out.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 December 2024 (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) | 69% | 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: 59 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 51 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.
- Turnham Academy 0.3 mi Good
- Gordonbrock Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- John Stainer Community Primary School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Stillness Infant School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Stillness Junior School 0.5 mi Standards maintained
- Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School 0.8 mi Not judged
- Holbeach Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St William of York Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Good