Perrymount Primary School

About Perrymount Primary School

Perrymount Primary School is a state-funded mixed primary in the London borough of Lewisham, a local authority with 67 primary schools. It ranks 32nd out of those 67 on the key stage 2 expected standard measure, placing it in the middle of the pack. The top-performing peers in the borough are Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School, St Augustine's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, and Eliot Bank Primary School, all of which sit higher up the rankings. Perrymount is a relatively small school, with 207 pupils against a capacity of 210, and it offers nursery provision for children aged three and up. The school has a non-religious character and is led by headteacher Christine Keen. Its most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in March 2023, confirmed that the school remains Good, a notable improvement from its previous graded inspection in 2012, when it was rated Requires Improvement. The school is heavily oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, it received 129 applications for just 29 places, with 28 of those going to first-preference families.

Academically, Perrymount's key stage 2 results for the 2023/24 academic year show that 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, exactly matching the Lewisham local authority average of 64%. This places the school in the top 50% nationally, at the 45th percentile. In individual subjects, 75% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, 79% in writing, and 71% in maths. At the higher standard, 21% achieved it in reading, 7% in writing, and 11% in maths, while just 4% hit the higher threshold across all three subjects. Average scaled scores were 105 in reading and 103 in maths. The school does not have a sixth form, as it is a primary, and no progress scores are available for the current data. The Ofsted report from 2023 rated both leadership and management and overall effectiveness as Good, though no breakdown was provided for quality of education, behaviour, personal development, or early years in that ungraded inspection.

The school sits on a site with playing fields, a sports hall, an ICT suite, an outdoor playground, and a chapel. Sports on offer include football, cricket, gymnastics and rounders, while clubs range from gardening and art to book and film clubs. Perrymount has a dedicated SEND provision covering specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. With an oversubscription ratio of 4.45, securing a place is competitive, and the school is likely to suit families who value a Good-rated, community-focused primary with strong SEND support and a broad range of extracurricular activities. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is Rathfern Primary School, 1.1 km away, which may be an alternative for families who miss out on a place here.

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