Elfrida Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · London, Lewisham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Lewisham Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Elfrida Primary School is a primary school in London, Lewisham for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 23 June 2022. Lewisham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Elfrida 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 | Not published |
| 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
- In Reception 2025 every applicant was offered a place, whereas a last distance was published in all 5 earlier years, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026 the last distance was not published; there were 20 first-choice applications for 20 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 47% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Lewisham.
- The school had 16.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.2 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
- Elfrida Crescent, Bellingham, London, SE6 3EN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Lewisham
- Pupils on roll
- 335 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 23 June 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils feel a strong sense of belonging at Elfrida Primary School.”
- “This is because they know staff keep them safe and care for them.”
- “Leaders and staff value every pupil and think carefully about how to include everyone in all aspects of school life.”
To improve
- “In the past, pupils leaving the school at the end of key stage 2 have not achieved well in reading, writing and mathematics.”
- “Poor attendance remains a barrier to achieving well for some pupils.”
- “As a result, attendance rates are rising, but some pupils still fail to attend regularly.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 September 2026 (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) | 47% | 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: 20 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 20 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.
- Athelney Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School and Nursery 0.5 mi School remains Good
- St John Baptist Southend Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained
- Haseltine Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Adamsrill Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Our Lady and St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Michael's Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Rathfern Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published