Glenbrook Primary School

About Glenbrook Primary School

Glenbrook Primary School sits in the bottom half of Lambeth’s primary league table, ranked 35th out of 54 schools, and its headline Key Stage 2 results fall short of the local authority average. Just 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with 66% across Lambeth as a whole. That four-point gap is modest but consistent, and it places the school in the bottom 50 nationally by this measure. The picture is more nuanced when you look at individual subjects: 77% of children reached the expected level in both maths and writing, which is solid, but reading lagged at 65%. Only 4% of pupils achieved the higher standard across all three subjects, and the school’s overall ranking score of 62 reflects a broadly average performance for a school serving a highly disadvantaged intake. With 75.4% of pupils eligible for free school meals, Glenbrook is working with a cohort that faces significant barriers, and its results need to be read in that context.

The school’s most recent graded Ofsted inspection, in 2016, rated it Good overall, with Good marks for leadership, early years provision and pupil achievement. A subsequent ungraded inspection in 2021 confirmed it remains Good. That’s a notable improvement from its previous inspection in 2014, when it was judged to Require Improvement. Progress scores for reading, writing and maths are not available in the latest data, so it’s hard to say how much value the school is adding year on year, but the jump in Ofsted rating suggests stronger leadership under headteacher Jane Scarsbrook. At Key Stage 2, average scaled scores were 106 in maths and 103 in reading — both slightly above the national baseline of 100 — which hints at decent progress for a school with such high levels of disadvantage. The school is small, with just 125 pupils against a capacity of 450, so class sizes are likely to be intimate and individual attention more feasible.

Glenbrook offers a nursery for three-year-olds and a range of facilities that include a forest school, sensory room and library, alongside clubs like coding, science and art. Sports provision covers football, tennis and dance, among others. The school’s SEND register is broad, covering dyslexia, speech and language needs, autism and social, emotional and mental health support, which reflects its inclusive approach. Admissions are competitive: for 2025/26, there were 38 applications for 13 places, with 10 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.92. That level of demand suggests local families value what the school offers, despite middling headline results. Glenbrook is best suited to families in Lambeth who want a small, inclusive primary with strong pastoral and SEND provision, and who are comfortable with a school that performs around the LA average while serving a very high-needs community.

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