Stillness Infant School

Stillness Infant School is performing very strongly. Inspectors found all areas of the school's work at a strong standard, with safeguarding requirements met. Pupils achieve highly across a broad and ambitious curriculum, including in early reading, phonics, mathematics and vocabulary. Children in the early years make an excellent start, and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and disadvantaged pupils make rapid progress from their starting points. Attendance is well above national averages, persistent absence is low, and pupils behave in an exemplary, respectful way. The school's inclusive culture, pastoral care and personal development offer are notable strengths. Staff know pupils well, provide timely support, and ensure pupils access trips, visitors and wider experiences. Leadership and governance are also strong; leaders manage the school's federation with a junior school under a single governing board successfully while maintaining high standards. Parents are overwhelmingly positive. The only improvement point is for leaders to sustain and refine their evaluation work so all leaders and governors maintain a sharp understanding of the school's strengths and development areas.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve very well across a broad, ambitious curriculum.
• Early reading and phonics are highly effective, with outcomes above national averages.
• Pupils confidently use ambitious vocabulary in their work.
• Pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils make rapid progress from their starting points.
• Attendance is consistently above national averages and persistent absence is low.
• Pupils behave in an exemplary, polite and respectful manner.
• The early years provision is highly effective in language, communication and early mathematics.
• Teaching engages pupils and checks understanding well to address misconceptions.
• Inclusion is a strength, with pupils known, valued and supported to succeed.
• Personal development is at the heart of the school, including rich wider experiences and pastoral care.
• Leadership and governance are strong, with successful management of federation change.
• Staff benefit from strong professional development and leaders consider workload and wellbeing.
• Governors provide informed support and appropriate challenge.
• Parents are overwhelmingly positive about the school.

Areas for Improvement

• Leaders should refine evaluation approaches so all leaders and governors maintain a sharp understanding of the school's strengths and areas for development.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Stillness Infant School attended 96.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Stillness Infant School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Stillness Infant School had 22.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 15.5% of pupils at Stillness Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Stillness Infant School received £8,540 and spent £8,080 for each of its 284 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £396,000 (£1,393 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Stillness Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Stillness Infant School is Strong standard, from an inspection in September 2026.

When was Stillness Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Stillness Infant School was last inspected in September 2026.

How many pupils does Stillness Infant School have?

Stillness Infant School has 284 pupils on roll.

What age range does Stillness Infant School cover?

Stillness Infant School for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Stillness Infant School?

Stillness Infant School is at Brockley Rise, Brockley Rise, London, SE23 1NH.