Fairlawn Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · London, Lewisham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.23 miles
Published by Lewisham Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Fairlawn Primary School is a primary school in London, Lewisham for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 12 June 2024. Lewisham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Fairlawn 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 | 1.23 mi |
| 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
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.23 miles away, the longest of 19 Lewisham primary schools with a published last distance.
- For Reception, the 2026 last distance was further from the school than in 2018, and distances swung sharply between some years.
- In 2026 Reception entry, there were 52 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 51 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (2%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 80% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 14% 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
- Honor Oak Road, London, SE23 3SB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Lewisham
- Pupils on roll
- 362 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Inspected 12 June 2024
Strengths
- “Fairlawn Primary School is a place where learning and fun go hand in hand.”
- “Pupils learn the importance of study and play as two sides of the same coin.”
- “It is the seamless melding of classroom learning with playground fun that gives the school its unique ethos.”
To improve
- “Nevertheless, the school has rightly identified that developing its arrangements to check learning in some of the wider curriculum subjects needs further work.”
- “For example, the school is currently looking at how best to check that pupils understand important ideas in history, not just facts.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 July 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) | 80% | 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: 52 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 51 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.
- Horniman Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Dalmain Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St George's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- St William of York Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Good
- Stillness Infant School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Stillness Junior School 0.7 mi Standards maintained
- Eliot Bank Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Perrymount Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published