Downderry Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Bromley, Lewisham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.38 miles
Published by Lewisham Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Downderry Primary School is a primary school in Bromley, Lewisham for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Outstanding, from the inspection on 19 May 2022. Lewisham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Downderry 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 | 0.38 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 2026 Reception last distance offered, 0.38 miles, was the 3rd shortest of 19 Lewisham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (this one included).
- That 2026 distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and in 2018, with sharp swings between some years, the biggest from 2020 to 2021.
- Reception 2026 had 84 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 59 went to first-choice families, and 25 first-choice families (30%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 80% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest 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
- Downderry Road, Downham, Bromley, BR1 5QL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Lewisham
- Pupils on roll
- 477 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding Inspected 19 May 2022
Strengths
- “They love being at school and enjoy working together and learning.”
- “The excellent standard of education, support for pupils’ well-being and wellplanned enrichment activities enable all pupils to flourish.”
- “Parents and carers are overwhelmingly positive about the school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 July 2022 (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) | 80% | 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: 84 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 59 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.
- Rangefield Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Forster Park Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Good Shepherd RC School 0.5 mi Not judged
- St John Baptist Southend Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained
- Torridon Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Launcelot Primary School and Nursery 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Haberdashers' Knights Primary 0.7 mi Good
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School and Nursery 0.8 mi School remains Good