Kilmorie Primary School

Kilmorie Primary School is performing well overall, receiving a 'Good' rating in all areas assessed during the inspection. The school is characterized by its friendly and nurturing environment, where pupils exhibit polite and kind behaviors. The curriculum is broad and leaders have made improvements to ensure that key concepts are taught progressively, supporting pupils' understanding over time. Additionally, the school offers varied extracurricular activities and opportunities for pupils to develop their talents, such as sporting events and performances. However, the school has recently implemented some systems for supporting pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), which need further embedding to fully address individual needs and ensure that all pupils move through the curriculum appropriately.

Strengths

• Friendly and nurturing school environment
• Effective monitoring of the quality of education
• Broad and well-structured curriculum
• Prioritization of reading with effective support for struggling readers
• Strong support for pupils' personal development and health education
• High-quality extracurricular opportunities

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent identification of needs for pupils with SEND
• Teaching sometimes does not focus on key curricular aims
• Lack of systematic checks on pupils' understanding of key concepts

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 Kilmorie Primary School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.2% 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, 0.2% of pupils at Kilmorie 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 Kilmorie Primary School had 21.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.3% 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, 11.3% of pupils at Kilmorie Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.6% 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 Kilmorie Primary School received £8,630 and spent £8,935 for each of its 606 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £1,646,000 (-£2,716 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 Kilmorie Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Kilmorie Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Kilmorie Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Kilmorie Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Kilmorie Primary School have?

Kilmorie Primary School has 613 pupils on roll.

What age range does Kilmorie Primary School cover?

Kilmorie Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Kilmorie Primary School?

Kilmorie Primary School is at Kilmorie Road, London, SE23 2SP.