Deansfield Primary School

Deansfield Primary School is a highly effective school where pupils thrive in a nurturing and supportive environment. Inspectors found excellent provision across the curriculum, with children getting off to a strong start in the early years and older pupils attaining highly in English and mathematics. Reading and phonics are prioritised effectively, teachers have strong subject knowledge, and pupils with SEND are well supported to achieve alongside their peers. Behaviour is exemplary, attendance is strong, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. The school's personal development offer is exceptional, including a well-planned PSHE programme, extensive leadership responsibilities, enriching trips and an impressive music provision with choirs, an orchestra and instrumental tuition. Leaders and governors are highly ambitious, staff feel supported, and parents describe the school as the centre of the community. There are no identified areas for improvement in this inspection. This was the school's first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and its first section 5 inspection as an academy; it is part of The Compass Partnership of Schools. Since September 2024, schools no longer receive an overall effectiveness grade, but inspectors found all key judgements and early years provision to be outstanding. The inspection was paused and resumed to complete evidence gathering.

Strengths

• Broad, balanced and highly ambitious curriculum with excellent pupil outcomes.
• Strong early years provision that builds excellent learning behaviours and swift progress.
• Effective phonics and reading teaching, with fluent readers and quick catch-up support.
• Teachers have strong subject knowledge and explain information well.
• Pupils with SEND are carefully identified and well supported to achieve alongside peers.
• Exemplary behaviour and highly focused attitudes to learning.
• Robust attendance systems and strong welfare support mean pupils are rarely absent.
• Exceptional personal, social and health education and a strong understanding of inclusivity.
• Extensive wider development opportunities, including trips, leadership roles and exceptional music provision.
• Highly ambitious leadership and governance with strong support for staff workload and wellbeing.
• Parents speak highly of the school and describe it as the centre of the community.
• Effective safeguarding arrangements.

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 Deansfield Primary School attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.8% 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 Deansfield 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 Deansfield Primary School had 22.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.8% 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, 7.4% of pupils at Deansfield Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.8% 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 Deansfield Primary School received £7,111 and spent £7,013 for each of its 456 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £598,000 (£1,313 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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Deansfield Primary School is part of The Compass Partnership of Schools, which runs 28 schools. The nearest others:

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

What is Deansfield Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Deansfield Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in July 2025.

When was Deansfield Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Deansfield Primary School was last inspected in July 2025.

How many pupils does Deansfield Primary School have?

Deansfield Primary School has 461 pupils on roll.

What age range does Deansfield Primary School cover?

Deansfield Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 91% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Deansfield Primary School?

Deansfield Primary School is at Dairsie Road, Eltham, London, SE9 1XP.