John Stainer Community 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 🔒
John Stainer Community Primary School is a primary school in London, Lewisham for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 6 February 2024. Lewisham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
John Stainer Community 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
- In Reception 2026 every applicant was offered a place, but a last distance was published in 5 of the 6 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 37 first-choice applications for 56 offers, or 0.7 first choices per offer, the lowest of 63 Lewisham primary schools.
- In Reception 2026 every first-choice family was offered a place, and 19 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 61% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 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
- Mantle Road, Brockley, London, SE4 2DY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Lewisham
- Pupils on roll
- 400 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 27.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 6 February 2024
Strengths
- “John Stainer is an exceptional school.”
- “Staff are rightly proud to work here and are determined that all pupils will be supported to achieve their very best.”
- “Pupils love coming to school; they feel safe and are kept safe here.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 March 2024 (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) | 61% | 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: 37 first-preference applications, 56 offers in total, 37 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.
- Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School 0.3 mi Not judged
- Turnham Academy 0.4 mi Good
- Beecroft Garden Primary 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Myatt Garden Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Edmund Waller Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ashmead Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St James's Hatcham Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Oak Gardens Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published