Edmund Waller Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · London, Lewisham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.48 miles
Published by Lewisham Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Edmund Waller Primary School is a primary school in London, Lewisham for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 June 2023. Lewisham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Edmund Waller 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 | 0.48 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
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 12% of pupils; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Lewisham is 39.1%.
- The last child offered a Reception 2026 place lived 0.48 miles from the school, further than in 2025 and in 2018; the figure has swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 drew 76 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 57 offers went to first-choice families and 19 first-choice families (25%) were not offered a place.
- 2024/25 results: 72% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th 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
- Waller Road, New Cross, London, SE14 5LY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Lewisham
- Pupils on roll
- 434 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 15 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
- “They are often excited about the learning that their teachers prepare for them.”
- “They play and work well with their classmates.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, however, the delivery of the curriculum does not focus enough on ensuring that pupils know and understand subject-specific vocabulary.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 July 2023 (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) | 72% | 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: 76 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 57 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.
- Kender Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School 0.3 mi Not judged
- St James's Hatcham Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- John Stainer Community Primary School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary 0.6 mi Good
- Childeric Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Myatt Garden Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Turnham Academy 0.9 mi Good