Twin Oaks Primary School

About Twin Oaks Primary School

Twin Oaks Primary School in Lewisham has been rated Good in its most recent Ofsted inspection, a significant improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating. The 2022 inspection awarded Good across all five categories, including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. However, the school’s academic outcomes at Key Stage 2 tell a more challenging story. Just 42% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with the Lewisham local authority average of 64%. This places Twin Oaks 56th out of 59 primary schools in the borough, in the bottom 50 nationally. Only 9% of pupils reached the higher standard across all three subjects, and while reading scores were relatively stronger (64% at expected, with an average score of 104), maths results were weaker, with 56% at expected and an average score of 101.

The school’s exam data shows a mixed picture across individual subjects. In reading, 24% of pupils achieved the higher standard, compared with 18% in maths and 13% in writing. Writing at expected level was 58%, slightly above maths but still below the national benchmark. The school does not publish progress scores for any subject, making it harder to assess how much value it adds from pupils’ starting points. With 43.4% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a significantly disadvantaged cohort, which may partly explain the gap between its outcomes and the LA average. The Ofsted report noted that early years provision is Good, and the school has maintained that rating since its previous inspection, when early years was graded Requires Improvement.

Twin Oaks is a smaller-than-average primary school with 198 pupils against a capacity of 300, and it is oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, there were 65 applications for 26 places, with 25 first-preference offers made. The school offers a range of facilities including a library, ICT suite, sports hall and even a chapel, despite having no religious character. Sports include swimming, football, cricket and athletics, and clubs range from Eco Club to Chess and Gardening. The school’s SEND provision is notably broad, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate and profound learning difficulties, speech and language needs, hearing impairment, autism, and social, emotional and mental health support. This makes Twin Oaks a potentially strong fit for families in Lewisham whose children have identified additional needs, though the academic outcomes suggest that families prioritising high KS2 results may want to look at nearby schools like Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School, which is rated Outstanding and sits 2.1 km away.

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