Dalmain Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · London, Lewisham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.49 miles
Published by Lewisham Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Dalmain 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 12 November 2024. Lewisham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Dalmain 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 | 0.49 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.49 miles away, the 10th longest of 19 Lewisham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (this one included).
- The Reception last distance was nearer the school in 2026 than in 2018, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 6 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 73 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 58 offers went to first-choice families, and 15 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 2024/25: 71% met expected reading, writing and maths standards, 3rd lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Lewisham that have results.
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
- Grove Close, Brockley Rise, London, SE23 1AS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Lewisham
- Pupils on roll
- 381 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 12 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at this warm and welcoming school.”
- “The school’s values of adventure, acceptance and teamwork are demonstrated in the positive relationships between pupils and staff.”
- “As soon as children start in Nursery, they learn how to take care of themselves and work well with others.”
To improve
- “However, there are instances when curriculum expectations in the classroom do not match up with the school’s expectations.”
- “Sometimes, teaching does not factor in fully what pupils already know and can do.”
- “Checks on pupils’ learning of the curriculum are not used as well as they could be to ensure that teaching builds pupils’ knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 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) | 71% | 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: 73 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 58 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 William of York Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi Good
- Kilmorie Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Stillness Infant School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Stillness Junior School 0.4 mi Standards maintained
- Perrymount Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rathfern Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Fairlawn Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- St George's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade