Kelvin Grove 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 🔒
Kelvin Grove 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 7 June 2023. Lewisham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Kelvin Grove 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 for each of the 6 earlier years, and those distances swung between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 32 first-choice applications for 41 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 9 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 72% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 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
- Kelvin Grove, London, SE26 6BB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Lewisham
- Pupils on roll
- 535 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 June 2023
Strengths
- “This is a school community of which pupils, staff, governors, parents and carers are proud to be a part.”
- “One parent shared their view, typical of many: ‘It is not just a school, but a community, and I feel that everyone is welcomed and included.”
- “Leaders have embedded a culture which values all individuals and provides support for those who need it.”
To improve
- “In other subjects, pupils’ recall of prior learning is not as clear when pupils remember the activities teachers gave them to do, rather than the important knowledge and skills that they should have learned.”
- “In some subjects, teachers’ checks of what pupils have committed to their long-term memory and the identification of any gaps in knowledge are not thorough.”
- “Sometimes, in early reading lessons, pupils’ understanding is not checked as thoroughly.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 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: 32 first-preference applications, 41 offers in total, 32 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.
- Eliot Bank Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good
- St Bartholomews's Church of England Primary School 0.3 mi Good
- St George's CofE Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Perrymount Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Horniman Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Michael's Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Adamsrill Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published