Kender Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Kender Primary School is a primary school in London, Lewisham for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 March 2025. Lewisham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Kender 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 Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, whereas places ran out in all 6 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 35 first-choice applications for 36 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, 68% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Lewisham.
- Of the 88 Reception 2026 applications, 34 (39%) came from families living outside Lewisham, and 13 offers went to them.
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
- Kender Street, New Cross, London, SE14 5JA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Lewisham
- Pupils on roll
- 351 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive in this happy and nurturing school.”
- “They benefit from positive and caring relationships with their classmates and with staff.”
- “Teaching staff across the school know pupils and their needs well.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects teaching does not check what pupils know sharply enough.”
- “Therefore, some pupils have gaps in their learning and struggle to recall important knowledge and skills.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 April 2025 (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) | 68% | 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: 35 first-preference applications, 36 offers in total, 35 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.
- Edmund Waller Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary 0.4 mi Good
- St James's Hatcham Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Childeric Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School 0.6 mi Not judged
- Twin Oaks Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- John Stainer Community Primary School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Myatt Garden Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published