Michael Faraday School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · London, Southwark
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Southwark Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Michael Faraday School is a primary school in London, Southwark for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 13 June 2024. Southwark has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Michael Faraday 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 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 38.7% of pupils, below the middle figure of 56.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Southwark.
- Reception 2026 drew 44 first-choice applications for 50 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 65% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Southwark.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Southwark schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Portland Street, Walworth, Southwark, London, SE17 2HR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Southwark
- Pupils on roll
- 429 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 13 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are well mannered, friendly and respectful at Michael Faraday School.”
- “In lessons, they listen to their teachers, follow instructions and work together well.”
- “When it does happen, leaders deal with it swiftly and it does not reoccur.”
To improve
- “Because of this, pupils have not currently developed the full body of knowledge that the school expects in these subjects.”
- “Sometimes, expertise in the delivery of the curriculum is not developed enough to help all pupils to understand the planned learning.”
- “This leads to gaps in the knowledge and skills of some pupils in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 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) | 65% | 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: 44 first-preference applications, 50 offers in total, 44 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 Southwark.
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good
- Robert Browning Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Surrey Square 0.3 mi School remains Outstanding
- English Martyrs' Roman Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained
- St George's Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi Good
- John Ruskin Primary School and Language Classes 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Paul's Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi Good
- Brunswick Park Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published