Snowsfields Primary School

About Snowsfields Primary School

Snowsfields Primary School outperforms the Southwark local authority average for primary schools by a clear margin. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 79% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with the LA average of 68%. That eleven-point gap places the school 12th out of 67 primary schools in the borough, comfortably inside the top 25% nationally. The school’s ranking score of 79 puts it well ahead of the typical Southwark primary, though it sits below the very top tier — the nearest outstanding school, The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, is just 0.7 km away. Still, for a school with nearly half its pupils (49.7%) eligible for free school meals, these results are notably strong and suggest effective teaching across the board.

The Ofsted inspection from July 2023 confirms the picture of a school that is performing well. Snowsfields was rated Good overall, with two areas judged Outstanding: personal development, and behaviour and attitudes. The quality of education, early years provision, and leadership and management were all rated Good. At Key Stage 2, reading was a particular strength: 83% of pupils met the expected standard and half reached the higher standard, with an average scaled score of 108. Maths also performed well, with 79% at expected and an average score of 106, though only 21% hit the higher threshold. Writing was more mixed — 79% reached expected but just 8% achieved the higher standard. The school has held a Good rating since at least 2013, and the latest inspection noted no decline in overall effectiveness.

Snowsfields is a small primary with 183 pupils against a capacity of 222, and it is oversubscribed: for 2025/26 there were 67 applications for 25 places, a ratio of 2.68 to one. Only 16 first-preference offers were made, so getting a place is competitive. The school offers a nursery provision and a wide range of facilities including a forest school, music rooms, art studios and a chapel. Sports on offer include football, netball, swimming, gymnastics, dance and cricket, while clubs range from coding and chess to gardening and film club. SEND provision is well developed, covering specific learning difficulties, speech and language needs, social and emotional mental health, visual impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder, plus a resourced provision. This is a school that delivers above-average outcomes for a diverse intake, and families who value strong behaviour, personal development and a broad enrichment programme will find it a good fit.

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