St George's CofE Primary School

St George's CofE Primary School is performing very well. Inspectors found all inspected areas to be strong, and safeguarding requirements are met. Pupils achieve highly, including disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND, who make excellent progress and reach above national averages in reading, writing and mathematics by the end of key stage 2. Attendance is high and improving, behaviour is consistently positive, and pupils are polite, focused and confident. The school's curriculum is ambitious and well sequenced, with a strong emphasis on reading, writing and mathematics. Teaching is highly effective across the school and in the early years, and pupils with SEND or who are disadvantaged receive well-targeted support. Inclusion, leadership and governance, and personal development and wellbeing are all significant strengths. Leaders know the school well, use additional funding effectively, and provide a broad programme of trips, clubs and pastoral support. St George's is a Church of England primary school within the Southwark Diocesan Board of Education Multi-Academy Trust. It serves a pupil population with above-average levels of disadvantage and SEND. There are no identified weaknesses in the report; the next steps are for leaders and governors to maintain and build on the school's highly effective work.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve highly, with disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND attaining above national averages in reading, writing and mathematics.
• Leaders ensure an unwavering focus on phonics and number knowledge, helping pupils secure core skills rapidly.
• Pupils produce high-quality work and take pride in their handwriting and presentation.
• Attendance is very high, including for disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND, due to effective support and promotion.
• Pupils are polite, welcoming, calm and focused, with clear routines and effective behaviour support.
• An ambitious curriculum builds knowledge progressively and is well adapted for pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils.
• Teaching is highly effective, with clear modelling, structured revisiting and systematic checks for understanding.
• Early years provision is well structured and ambitious, with strong phonics, early writing and mathematics foundations.
• Inclusion is a major strength: vulnerable pupils and pupils with SEND are accurately identified and very well supported.
• Leaders and governors are ambitious, rigorous, and use feedback and professional development effectively.
• Personal development and wellbeing are comprehensive, including safety, relationships, British values, trips and clubs.
• Pupils develop strong social responsibility, leadership skills and a sense of belonging.

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 St George's CofE Primary School attended 96.1% 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, 0.5% of pupils at St George's CofE 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 St George's CofE Primary School had 16.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.4% 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, 18.9% of pupils at St George's CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.9% 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 St George's CofE Primary School received £9,575 and spent £9,473 for each of its 197 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £605,000 (£3,073 per pupil).

Across all 14 schools of Sdbe Multi-Academy Trust, income was £8,574 and spending £8,660 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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St George's CofE Primary School is part of Sdbe Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 14 schools. The nearest others:

• St Michael's Church of England Primary School London
• St Luke's Church of England Primary School London
• St Stephen's CofE Primary School London
• St James's Hatcham Church of England Primary School London
• Christ Church, Streatham Church of England Primary School London
• St Leonard's Church of England Primary School London
• St Paul's Church of England Primary School London
• The Minster Junior School Croydon
• The Minster Nursery and Infants Church of England Academy Croydon
• All Saints Carshalton Church of England Primary School Carshalton

What is St George's CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St George's CofE Primary School is Strong standard, from an inspection in June 2026.

When was St George's CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St George's CofE Primary School was last inspected in June 2026.

How many pupils does St George's CofE Primary School have?

St George's CofE Primary School has 206 pupils on roll.

What age range does St George's CofE Primary School cover?

St George's CofE Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are St George's CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St George's CofE Primary School?

St George's CofE Primary School is at Perry Vale, Forest Hill, London, SE23 2NE.