Horn Park Primary School

Horn Park Primary School is a friendly, inclusive school where pupils feel known and supported and where staff have high expectations of them. Behaviour is excellent, personal development is a standout strength, and pupils benefit from strong reading teaching, effective support for pupils with SEND, high attendance and a wide range of enrichment and leadership opportunities. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. The curriculum is ambitious and well sequenced from the early years, and staff generally help pupils remember important knowledge. However, inspectors found some inconsistency in how assessment is used and in the tasks pupils are given. In some lessons, misconceptions are not picked up quickly enough, and some activities are too easy or do not help pupils apply what they know, meaning a small number of pupils do not learn or progress as securely as they could. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is part of The Compass Partnership of Schools multi-academy trust. Under the current inspection framework, the school did not receive an overall effectiveness grade; its previous inspection grade was good.

Strengths

• Inclusive, friendly and welcoming school community where pupils feel known and included
• High expectations and positive relationships support pupils, including disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND
• Excellent behaviour in lessons and around the school, with a calm and orderly environment
• Outstanding personal development, including strong character education and preparation for life beyond school
• Pupils value diversity and difference and learn about different religions and cultures
• Exceptional range of leadership, community and enrichment opportunities for pupils
• Ambitious and well-considered curriculum sequenced from the early years
• Effective phonics teaching and strong support for pupils at risk of falling behind in reading
• Very strong SEND support, including specialist provision for pupils with complex needs
• High attendance and effective safeguarding arrangements
• Leaders at all levels, including the trust, have high ambitions and support staff well-being and professional development

Areas for Improvement

• In some lessons, assessment is not used consistently well to identify and address misconceptions before new content is introduced
• In some lessons, activities are too easy or do not enable pupils to apply what they know, so a small number of pupils do not progress through the curriculum as intended

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 Horn Park Primary School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.4% 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, 0.3% of pupils at Horn Park 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 Horn Park Primary School had 16.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 26.5% 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, 15.2% of pupils at Horn Park Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.6% 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 2024–25 Horn Park Primary School received £10,380 and spent £9,355 for each of its 294 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £386,000 (£1,314 per pupil).

Across all 24 schools of The Compass Partnership of Schools, income was £10,246 and spending £9,845 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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All schools in Greenwich · Greenwich local authority: places and applications

Horn Park Primary School is part of The Compass Partnership of Schools, which runs 28 schools. The nearest others:

• Wingfield Primary School London
• Rowan Wood School London
• Kidbrooke Park Primary School London
• Deansfield Primary School London
• Alderwood Primary School London
• Halstow Primary School London
• Willow Dene School Plumstead
• South Rise Primary School London
• Boxgrove Primary School Greenwich
• Kaizen Primary School London

What is Horn Park Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Horn Park Primary School is Good, from an inspection in February 2025.

When was Horn Park Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Horn Park Primary School was last inspected in February 2025.

How many pupils does Horn Park Primary School have?

Horn Park Primary School has 257 pupils on roll.

What age range does Horn Park Primary School cover?

Horn Park Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Horn Park Primary School?

Horn Park Primary School is at Alnwick Road, Lee, London, SE12 9BT.