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James Dixon Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 425 pupils London
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James Dixon Primary School is an academy converter in Bromley for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 425 pupils on roll. In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address William Booth Road
Anerley
London
SE20 8BW
Phone 02087786101
Reference Number 143774

General Makeup

Number of pupils 425
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.29%
Girls: 48.71%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 28.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 26.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26.6
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 27.5
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 35 23 58
2 18 37 55
3 32 24 56
4 35 22 57
5 29 25 54
6 28 29 57

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 30.8%
African 16.2%
White, Other 15.3%
Mixed, Other 8.7%
White & Black (Caribbean) 7.5%
Caribbean 4.2%
White & Black (African) 3.3%
White & Asian 2.6%
Indian 1.4%
Unclassified 0.9%
Asian, Other 0.9%
Pakistani 0.7%
Chinese 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 04 Jun 2024 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
04 Jun 2024 School inspection
22 Jan 2019 Short inspection
06 Dec 2016 Academy conversion letter
13 Feb 2013 Full inspection:
Previously as James Dixon Primary School
16 Mar 2011 Full inspection:
25 Feb 2009 Full inspection:
19 Nov 2008 Monitoring visit
30 Apr 2008 Full inspection:
07 Jun 2004 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 67%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 12%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 107
Maths 106

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -0.8
Writing 0.5
Maths -1.3

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 31 3
Third Preference 28 2
From another Local Authority 45 6

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 James Dixon Primary School had 399 pupils for 420 places. 21 places (5.0%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Bromley Primary Planning Area 1: Clock House, Crystal Palace & Anerley and Penge & Cator” planning area

Bromley counted 533 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 467 in 2029–30, down 12%.

20172018201920212022202320242025
Places 480480480480480480420420
Pupils 430429418401395390396399
Unfilled 10.4%10.6%12.9%16.5%17.7%18.8%5.7%5.0%

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 James Dixon Primary School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.1%1.9%1.9%3.2%4.0%2.7%3.9%
Unauthorised absence 1.4%1.3%1.0%1.7%1.7%1.6%1.0%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.6%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.6%

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 James Dixon Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.23.40.20.21.11.40.21.8
Permanent exclusions 00000000

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 James Dixon Primary School had 20.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 8.08.89.49.710.410.111.211.211.1
Teachers who left state teaching 5.3%7.0%3.5%6.6%10.5%2.9%9.9%11.5%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 54.8%46.7%–55.6%62.5%44.4%48.0%46.2%–
Sick days per teacher 1.91.6–2.03.51.11.61.3–

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, 15.1% of pupils at James Dixon Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 10 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 34 24
Social, emotional and mental health 9 3
Specific learning difficulty 11 0
Moderate learning difficulty 6 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 1
Hearing impairment 1 0
Other difficulty or disability 0 1
Profound and multiple learning difficulty 0 1
Vision impairment 1 0

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 James Dixon Primary School received £7,831 and spent £8,035 for each of its 423 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £172,000 (£407 per pupil).

Across all 19 schools of Swale Academies Trust, income was £8,268 and spending £8,248 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £45,000£15,000£165,000£174,000£137,000£118,000£172,000
per pupil £99£35£392£407£328£281£407
In-year balance £24,000-£14,000£137,000£75,000-£142,000-£36,000-£86,000
per pupil £53-£31£325£175-£341-£87-£204

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.

Name Distance
St Anthony's Catholic Primary School
Genoa Road, Anerley, London, SE20 8ES
0.43 miles
Harris Primary Academy Crystal Palace
Malcolm Road, Penge, London, SE20 8RH
0.57 miles
Cypress Primary School
Cypress Road, London, SE25 4AU
0.64 miles
St John's Church of England Primary School
Maple Road, Penge, London, SE20 8HU
0.66 miles
Stewart Fleming Primary School
Witham Road, Anerley, London, SE20 7YB
0.68 miles
All Saints CofE Primary School
Upper Beulah Hill, Upper Norwood, London, SE19 3LG
0.76 miles
St Mark's Church of England Primary Academy
Albert Road, South Norwood, London, SE25 4JD
0.85 miles
Harris Primary Academy Kent House
High Street, Penge, London, SE20 7QR
0.88 miles
Paxton Primary School
Woodland Road, London, SE19 1PA
0.92 miles
Alexandra Infant School
Kent House Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 1JG
1 miles
Churchfields Primary School
Churchfields Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 4QY
1.04 miles
Rockmount Primary School
Chevening Road, Upper Norwood, London, SE19 3ST
1.06 miles
South Norwood Primary
34 Crowther Road, South Norwood, London, SE25 5QP
1.1 miles
Alexandra Junior School
Cator Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 5DS
1.2 miles
Oasis Academy Ryelands
Oakley Road, South Norwood, London, SE25 4XG
1.21 miles
Crosfield Nursery School
Elborough Road, London, SE25 5BD
1.21 miles
David Livingstone Academy
Northwood Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey, CR7 8HX
1.25 miles
St Cyprian's Greek Orthodox Primary Academy
Springfield Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey, CR7 8DZ
1.33 miles
Heavers Farm Primary School
58 Dinsdale Gardens, South Norwood, London, SE25 6LT
1.34 miles
St Chad's Catholic Primary School
Alverston Gardens, South Norwood, London, SE25 6LR
1.35 miles
Name Distance
Harris City Academy Crystal Palace
Maberley Road, Upper Norwood, London, SE19 2JH
0.34 miles
Harris Academy South Norwood
Cumberlow Avenue, London, SE25 6AE
0.76 miles
Harris Professional Skills Sixth Form
11 Oliver Grove, London, SE25 6EJ
0.95 miles
Sydenham & Dulwich Girls GDST
1.08 miles
Harris Academy Beulah Hill
Spurgeon Road, London, SE19 3UG
1.11 miles
Beckmead College
Tennison Road, London, SE25 5RR
1.12 miles
Hillcrest
101 Central Hill, London, SE19 1BY
1.15 miles
Harris Girls Academy Bromley
Lennard Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 1QR
1.25 miles
Priory School
Hermitage Road, Upper Norwood, London, SE19 3QN
1.27 miles
Oasis Academy Arena
Albert Road, South Norwood, London, SE25 4QL
1.28 miles
The New School
St Mary's Lodge, 149 Central Hill, London, SE19 1RT
1.31 miles
Fidelis College
147 Central Hill, London, SE19 1RT
1.32 miles
The Norwood School
Crown Dale, Lambeth, London, SE19 3NY
1.56 miles
Aya College (Educational Provision)
Holly Lodge, 16 Edith Road, London, London, SE25 5PQ
1.62 miles
Kingsdale Foundation School
Alleyn Park, Dulwich, London, SE21 8SQ
1.62 miles
Sydenham School
Dartmouth Road, London, SE26 4RD
1.66 miles
Forest Hill School
Dacres Road, Forest Hill, London, SE23 2XN
1.71 miles
BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology
60 The Crescent, Selhurst, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 2HN
1.73 miles
Orion Eden Park
Balmoral Avenue, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3RD
1.73 miles
Dulwich Prep & Senior
1.74 miles

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James Dixon Primary School is part of Swale Academies Trust, which runs 19 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does James Dixon Primary School have?

James Dixon Primary School has 425 pupils on roll.

What age range does James Dixon Primary School cover?

James Dixon Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is James Dixon Primary School?

James Dixon Primary School is at William Booth Road, Anerley, London, SE20 8BW.

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