Holbeach 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 🔒
Holbeach 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 18 May 2023. Lewisham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Holbeach 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
- Free school meal eligibility is 27.9% of pupils, against a middle figure of 20.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Lewisham.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, but places ran out in 5 of the 6 earlier published years, with sharp swings between some years.
- Reception 2026 drew 40 first-choice applications for 46 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Nelgarde Road, London, SE6 4TP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Lewisham
- Pupils on roll
- 391 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 18 May 2023
Strengths
- “This is a welcoming, warm and thoroughly inclusive place to learn.”
- “Pupils are proud to belong to the school community.”
- “Pupils are happy and enjoy learning.”
To improve
- “Some subjects are more effective at doing this than others at the moment.”
- “In a few subjects, leaders have not defined precisely the building blocks of knowledge that pupils need to make progress through the curriculum.”
- “This reduces how well some pupils are supported to extend and deepen their knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 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) | 56% | 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: 40 first-preference applications, 46 offers in total, 40 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.
- Rushey Green Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Outstanding
- Gordonbrock Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Mary's Lewisham Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Rathfern Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stillness Infant School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Stillness Junior School 0.7 mi Standards maintained
- St William of York Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Good