Horniman Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · London, Lewisham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.29 miles
Published by Lewisham Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Horniman Primary School is a primary school in London, Lewisham for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 7 December 2023. Lewisham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Horniman 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 | 0.29 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 in 2026 there were 47 first-choice applications for 30 offers, 1.6 first choices per offer, the highest of 63 Lewisham primary schools.
- 28 Reception offers in 2026 went to first-choice families, and 19 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.29 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 19 Lewisham primary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2024/25, 73% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 4th 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
- Horniman Drive, London, SE23 3BP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Lewisham
- Pupils on roll
- 201 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 7 December 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at Horniman Primary School.”
- “They feel safe because they know that staff care about them.”
- “They are confident to speak up if they have any concerns.”
To improve
- “The school is working hard to ensure that pupils achieve just as highly across all areas of the curriculum.”
- “However, in a few subjects, leaders have not identified as clearly the concepts pupils need to learn, practise and remember.”
- “This reduces how effectively pupils can deepen their understanding in a subject.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 January 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) | 73% | 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: 47 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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.
- Fairlawn Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Eliot Bank Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St George's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Dalmain Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Perrymount Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kelvin Grove Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St William of York Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Good