Perrymount Primary School

Perrymount Primary School continues to demonstrate a good level of performance, with pupils expressing pride in their school community and feeling safe while exhibiting kindness towards one another. The school effectively employs a broad and diverse curriculum that is regularly reviewed, leading to significant achievements among students. However, while pupils generally engage positively with their learning, some foundational subjects present opportunities for improvement in matching classroom activities to the school's ambitious curriculum goals. This report serves as the school's second ungraded inspection since it was last deemed good in December 2012.

Strengths

• Pupils feel proud to attend and are safe at school.
• High expectations set by staff promote effective learning.
• Leaders have established a broad and diverse curriculum.
• Effective use of educational outings and visitors enriches learning.
• Strong focus on developing reading skills across all year groups.
• Teachers present information clearly and address misconceptions swiftly.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Strong culture of safeguarding within the school.

Areas for Improvement

• In some foundation subjects, activities do not align with curriculum goals, limiting pupil knowledge acquisition.

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 Perrymount Primary School attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.9% 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 Perrymount Primary 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 Perrymount Primary School had 16.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.9% 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, 9.9% of pupils at Perrymount Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.0% 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 Perrymount Primary School received £9,963 and spent £10,476 for each of its 199 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £56,000 (£283 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 Perrymount Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Perrymount Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Perrymount Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Perrymount Primary School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Perrymount Primary School have?

Perrymount Primary School has 202 pupils on roll.

What age range does Perrymount Primary School cover?

Perrymount Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Perrymount Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Perrymount Primary School?

Perrymount Primary School is at Sunderland Road, Forest Hill, London, SE23 2PX.