Goodrich Community Primary School

About Goodrich Community Primary School

Goodrich Community Primary School sits within Southwark, a London borough with 67 state primary schools, 17 of which hold an Outstanding rating from Ofsted. The school itself is currently rated Good, following a graded inspection in July 2025 that marked a clear improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in March 2023. In the most recent inspection, every category — quality of education, early years provision, personal development, behaviour and attitudes, and leadership and management — was judged Good. Among Southwark primaries, Goodrich ranks 57th out of 67 on the KS2 reading, writing and maths expected standard metric, placing it in the bottom half of the local authority. The top-performing peers in the borough include Boutcher Church of England Primary School, The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, and Riverside Primary School, all of which score significantly higher on the same measure. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is Harris Primary Academy East Dulwich, 0.8 km away.

Academically, Goodrich’s 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results show that 39% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, well below the Southwark local authority average of 68%. The school’s national ranking on this metric places it in the bottom 2% of all primary schools. Looking at individual subjects, 79% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 74% in maths, but only 39% did so in writing. At the higher standard, 41% achieved in reading, 31% in maths, and 18% in writing. Average scaled scores were 107 in reading and 105 in maths. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points. The school is heavily oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, there were 127 applications for 55 places, with 41 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.31 applicants per place.

The school offers a nursery provision for children aged three and above, and its facilities include a dining hall, library, sensory room, playing fields, ICT suite, gymnasium and a chapel. Sports on offer include athletics, tennis, netball, dance and cricket, while clubs include coding, gardening and science club. Goodrich lists a broad range of SEND provisions, covering specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, speech, language and communication needs, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, autistic spectrum disorder, and social, emotional and mental health needs. Parent View responses from 172 respondents between September 2024 and September 2025 were overwhelmingly positive: 94% would recommend the school, 97% agreed or strongly agreed that their child is happy, and 98% agreed or strongly agreed that their child feels safe. This school will particularly suit families who value a strong sense of community and pastoral care, and who are comfortable with academic outcomes that sit below the local average.

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