Fossdene Primary School

About Fossdene Primary School

Fossdene Primary School is a state primary in the London borough of Greenwich, a local authority with 62 primary schools where just 12 hold an Outstanding rating from Ofsted. The school sits 24th in the Greenwich rankings, placing it in the top 25 tier locally, and its nearest Outstanding-rated neighbour is Our Lady of Grace Catholic Primary School, just 0.4 kilometres away. The top three peers in the borough by ranking score are St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Eltham Church of England Primary School, and Our Lady of Grace again, all scoring 85 or above. Fossdene, with a ranking score of 73, is a solidly performing option in a competitive local landscape, and its position reflects a school that is well-regarded without being among the very highest scorers in the area.

In its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2022, Fossdene was rated Good across every category: overall effectiveness, quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This is consistent with its previous inspection in 2011, which also rated overall effectiveness as Good. At Key Stage 2 in the 2023/24 academic year, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, just above the Greenwich local authority average of 71%. The school's average scaled scores were 106 in reading and 107 in maths, both comfortably above the national benchmark of 100. Higher standard attainment was more varied: 39% achieved higher scores in reading and maths, while 29% did so in writing. The combined higher standard figure was 18%, a metric that helps explain why the school ranks 23rd out of 57 in the borough for this measure.

Fossdene is a full-to-capacity school with 210 pupils, and it is oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, there were 80 applications for 26 places, with 21 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 3.08. The school offers a range of facilities including a dining hall, art studios, music rooms, an ICT suite, a forest school, and a chapel. Sports provision covers tennis, swimming, cricket, dance, cross country, and athletics, while clubs include eco club, coding, gardening, film club, and chess. SEND support is available for moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. With 36.7% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a diverse community. Headteacher Maria Hill leads a school that suits families looking for a Good-rated primary with strong local results and a broad extracurricular offer, though those seeking the highest academic outcomes may want to consider the top-ranked peers nearby.

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