Discovery Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · London, Greenwich
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.51 miles
Published by Royal Borough of Greenwich · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Discovery Primary School is a primary school in London, Greenwich for ages 3–11 (community school). Greenwich has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Discovery 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 | 0.51 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.51 miles away, the 8th shortest of 48 Greenwich primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 1.51 miles).
- The Reception 2026 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2022, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 5 years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 64 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 59 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Greenwich.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Greenwich schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Battery Road, Thamesmead, London, SE28 0JN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Greenwich
- Pupils on roll
- 523 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 24 February 2026
Strengths
- “The school places the ethos of Ubuntu – ‘we are because of others’ – at the heart of daily life.”
- “Pupils demonstrate this in all their actions and behaviours.”
- “They celebrate their diverse backgrounds and help create a community where everyone feels valued and welcomed.”
To improve
- “Although reading outcomes dipped last year, leaders recognised early that the cohort needed additional support.”
- “While phonics outcomes are historically low, leaders' actions mean they continue to improve swiftly, with many pupils now reaching the expected standard.”
- “Leaders recognise that handwriting needs further development for some older pupils.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 May 2026 (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) | 59% | 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: 64 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 59 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 Greenwich.
- Heronsgate Primary School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Thomas A Becket Roman Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- De Lucy Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Hawksmoor School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Bannockburn Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Windrush Thamesmead Primary School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Conway Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published