Marvels Lane 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 🔒
Marvels Lane Primary School is a primary school in London, Lewisham for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 25 June 2025. Lewisham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Marvels Lane 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, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in all 6 earlier years.
- In 2026 Reception entry, there were 31 first-choice applications for 32 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- For 2026 Reception entry, 20 of the 79 applications (25%) came from families living outside Lewisham, and 7 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 70% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd highest 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
- Riddons Road, Grove Park, London, SE12 9RA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Lewisham
- Pupils on roll
- 385 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 25 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils feel safe and happy at this school.”
- “They know that adults will always listen and support them.”
- “Many pupils describe the school as a family where everyone belongs.”
To improve
- “Sometimes however, teaching does not identify and address pupils’ misconceptions when they arise.”
- “When this happens, pupils’ understanding of what they are learning is not as deep as it should be.”
- “However, the school does not provide pupils with enough opportunities to practise their spelling, grammar and punctuation.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 July 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) | 70% | 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: 31 first-preference applications, 32 offers in total, 31 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' Knights Primary 0.8 mi Good
- Cooper's Lane Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Launcelot Primary School and Nursery 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Good Shepherd RC School 1.0 mi Not judged
- Rangefield Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Forster Park Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Baring Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Downderry Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published