Greenacres Primary School and Language Impairment Unit

Greenacres Primary School and Language Impairment Unit is an inclusive, welcoming school where pupils feel they belong. Inspectors found inclusion and personal development and wellbeing to be strong, with skilled support for pupils with SEND and complex communication needs, careful use of additional funding, and a rich enrichment offer. Safeguarding standards are met. The school is part of the Maritime Academy Trust and has two specialist resource provisions, one for developmental language disorders and one for autism with complex learning needs; it also has higher-than-average proportions of pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils. However, several areas are at the expected standard rather than strong. Published attainment in reading, writing and mathematics has been below national averages in recent years, and disadvantaged pupils' performance gaps remain, especially in reading and mathematics. Published attendance is below the national average and persistent absence is well above average, although leaders' targeted work is beginning to improve attendance for some pupils. Curriculum and teaching approaches are well organised and staff are well trained, but the impact on outcomes is not yet fully evident, and early years phonics work is still embedding. Leaders and governors know the school and community well and have acted on key priorities, including developing reading. The next steps are to continue strengthening pedagogical approaches so all pupils achieve well and to build on attendance work, including swift support and challenge for families whose children's attendance needs to improve.

Strengths

• Inclusive culture where pupils and families feel welcome and belong
• Strong support for pupils with SEND, including complex communication and learning needs
• Thoughtful personal development and wellbeing provision embedded across the school
• Pupils learn how to keep themselves safe online and in the wider world
• Pupils take on leadership roles and show maturity, respect and kindness
• Calm and purposeful behaviour in lessons and around school
• Disadvantaged pupils benefit from careful use of additional funding and enrichment
• Calm, caring early years provision where children settle quickly and are engaged
• Leaders and governance know the community well and provide effective challenge
• Staff feel well equipped and speak positively about working at the school
• Safeguarding standards are met through an open and positive culture

Areas for Improvement

• Published attendance is below the national average
• Persistent absence is well above the national average
• Some pupils still do not attend as well as they should
• Published attainment in reading, writing and mathematics has been below national averages in recent years
• Disadvantaged pupils' performance gaps remain, particularly in reading and mathematics
• Curriculum and teaching approaches need more time to show a positive impact on pupils' outcomes
• Early years phonics improvements are starting to show impact but are not yet fully embedded
• Leaders should continue strengthening pedagogical approaches so all pupils achieve well
• Leaders should intervene swiftly to support and challenge families whose children's attendance needs to improve

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 Greenacres Primary School and Language Impairment Unit attended 91.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 27.9% 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, 1.2% of pupils at Greenacres Primary School and Language Impairment Unit 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 Greenacres Primary School and Language Impairment Unit had 13.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.7% 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, 14.7% of pupils at Greenacres Primary School and Language Impairment Unit were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 13.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 36 pupils.

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 Greenacres Primary School and Language Impairment Unit received £12,466 and spent £10,957 for each of its 244 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £423,000 (£1,735 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of Maritime Academy Trust, income was £9,896 and spending £9,406 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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Greenacres Primary School and Language Impairment Unit is part of Maritime Academy Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

• Brooklands Primary School London
• Hook Lane Primary School Welling
• Timbercroft Primary School London
• Nightingale Primary School London
• Millennium Primary School London
• Ebbsfleet Green Primary School Swanscombe
• Bligh Primary School (Juniors) Rochester
• Bligh Primary School (Infants) Rochester
• Barnsole Primary School Gillingham
• Danecourt School Gillingham

What is Greenacres Primary School and Language Impairment Unit's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Greenacres Primary School and Language Impairment Unit is Expected standard, from an inspection in June 2026.

When was Greenacres Primary School and Language Impairment Unit last inspected by Ofsted?

Greenacres Primary School and Language Impairment Unit was last inspected in June 2026.

How many pupils does Greenacres Primary School and Language Impairment Unit have?

Greenacres Primary School and Language Impairment Unit has 265 pupils on roll.

What age range does Greenacres Primary School and Language Impairment Unit cover?

Greenacres Primary School and Language Impairment Unit for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Greenacres Primary School and Language Impairment Unit's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Greenacres Primary School and Language Impairment Unit?

Greenacres Primary School and Language Impairment Unit is at Witherston Way, Eltham, London, SE9 3JN.