Judith Kerr Primary School

Judith Kerr Primary Academy is performing well overall, achieving a good rating in all areas during its inspection. The school has created a positive environment where pupils enjoy learning and exhibit high standards of behavior and respect for one another. The curriculum is ambitious and well-implemented in many subjects, particularly in early reading and music, where pupils show significant progression and enjoyment. Additionally, the school provides effective support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and fosters a caring community atmosphere. However, some subjects are still being developed, which impacts the depth and retention of knowledge among pupils.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy coming to school and have high standards for themselves.
• Effective early reading program helping pupils to become confident readers.
• Strong support for SEND pupils, enabling their full participation in lessons.
• Wide range of extracurricular activities and opportunities beyond the academic curriculum.
• Positive behavior and attitudes prevalent among pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects are less well developed, impacting the clarity of what pupils should learn.
• Leaders need to ensure essential knowledge is identified and sequenced in all subjects.

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 Judith Kerr Primary School attended 96.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.7% 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, 1.0% of pupils at Judith Kerr 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 Judith Kerr Primary School had 22.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 42.6% 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, 10.0% of pupils at Judith Kerr Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.2% 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 2024–25 Judith Kerr Primary School received £7,745 and spent £7,846 for each of its 407 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £115,000 (£282 per pupil).

Across all 15 schools of Anthem Schools Trust, income was £8,162 and spending £8,134 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Judith Kerr Primary School is part of Anthem Schools Trust, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

• St Mark's Church of England Academy Mitcham
• Abacus Belsize Primary School London
• Gladstone Park Primary School London
• Queensbury Academy Dunstable
• All Saints Junior School Reading
• Meadow Park Academy Reading
• Abbey Woods Academy Wallingford
• Oxford Spires Academy Oxford
• The Deepings School Peterborough
• Boston West Academy Boston

What is Judith Kerr Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Judith Kerr Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2022.

When was Judith Kerr Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Judith Kerr Primary School was last inspected in July 2022.

How many pupils does Judith Kerr Primary School have?

Judith Kerr Primary School has 409 pupils on roll.

What age range does Judith Kerr Primary School cover?

Judith Kerr Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 86% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Judith Kerr Primary School?

Judith Kerr Primary School is at 62-68 Half Moon Lane, Herne Hill, London, SE24 9JE.