Grinling Gibbons Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · London, Lewisham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Lewisham Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Grinling Gibbons Primary School is a primary school in London, Lewisham for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 September 2022. Lewisham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Grinling Gibbons 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Every applicant to Reception in 2026 was offered a place; places ran out in 5 of the 6 earlier years, and the last distance swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 18 first-choice applications for 19 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 57% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Lewisham.
- The school has 36.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 17.9 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
- Clyde Street, Deptford, London, SE8 5LW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Lewisham
- Pupils on roll
- 208 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 36.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 September 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are believed in and are taught to believe in themselves.”
- “All staff are ambitious for pupils.”
- “They strive for all to achieve highly in their learning.”
To improve
- “Teachers’ expertise in helping pupils to learn key ideas is growing but not secure.”
- “Some subject leaders are also new, and still developing their expertise, particularly in supporting teachers to deliver the updated curriculum.”
- “In other subjects, leaders are currently working out how they will assess pupils’ understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 October 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) | 57% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 18 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 Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Good
- Tidemill Academy 0.4 mi Good
- Childeric Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Deptford Park Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St James's Hatcham Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Twin Oaks Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oak Gardens Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary 0.7 mi Good