Windrush Thamesmead Primary School

Windrush Primary School, recently inspected for the first time since becoming an academy, has received an overall effectiveness rating of outstanding. The school demonstrates exceptional quality in several areas including the quality of education, personal development, and leadership. With a strong focus on ambitious curriculums, pupils are achieving well and enjoying their educational experience, which is enhanced by diverse extracurricular activities. However, while pupil behavior is generally positive, there are concerns about the respectfulness of language used among peers, which the school is addressing effectively.

Strengths

• Exceptional quality of educational provision across subjects.
• Strong curriculum that is ambitious and well-sequenced.
• High levels of pupil engagement and enjoyment in learning.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
• Strong attendance and understanding of the importance of being present.
• Positive relationships among pupils and between staff and students.
• Numerous opportunities for pupils to take on leadership roles.

Areas for Improvement

• A small number of pupils report unkind language used by peers.

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 Windrush Thamesmead Primary School attended 96.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.2% 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, 1.8% of pupils at Windrush Thamesmead 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 Windrush Thamesmead Primary School had 20.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 31.2% of pupils at Windrush Thamesmead Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.0% 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 2024–25 Windrush Thamesmead Primary School received £11,972 and spent £12,720 for each of its 212 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £138,000 (£654 per pupil).

Across all 3 schools of Endeavour Partnership Trust, income was £9,873 and spending £9,869 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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Windrush Thamesmead Primary School is part of Endeavour Partnership Trust, which runs 3 schools. The nearest others:

• Hawksmoor School London
• Windrush Charlton Primary School London

What is Windrush Thamesmead Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Windrush Thamesmead Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Windrush Thamesmead Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Windrush Thamesmead Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Windrush Thamesmead Primary School have?

Windrush Thamesmead Primary School has 237 pupils on roll.

What age range does Windrush Thamesmead Primary School cover?

Windrush Thamesmead Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Windrush Thamesmead Primary School?

Windrush Thamesmead Primary School is at 2 Bentham Road, Thamesmead, London, SE28 8AR.