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St Stephen's CofE Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 186 pupils London
Ofsted: Good
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St Stephen's CofE Primary School is an academy converter in Lewisham for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 186 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for St Stephen's CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2022 of its predecessor, St Stephen's CofE Primary School. In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: September 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Church of England
Address Albyn Road
Deptford
London
SE8 4ED
Phone 02086921898
Reference Number 151011

General Makeup

Number of pupils 186
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.61%
Girls: 48.39%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 36%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 24.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.4
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 26
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 24.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 14 8 22
2 10 15 25
3 11 10 21
4 14 12 26
5 17 9 26
6 13 11 24

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
African 20.4%
Caribbean 14%
Mixed, Other 12.9%
White, British 10.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 8.6%
Unclassified 5.9%
White, Other 3.8%
Chinese 3.8%
White & Black (African) 3.8%
Asian, Other 3.8%
Indian 0.5%
Pakistani 0.5%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, St Stephen's CofE Primary School, inspected in June 2022.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
05 Sep 2024 Academy conversion letter

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 50%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 15%

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 104
Maths 103
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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 9 0
Third Preference 8 0
From another Local Authority 4 2

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Stephen's CofE Primary School had 183 pupils for 220 places. 37 places (16.8%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “North West” planning area

Lewisham counted 686 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 586 in 2029–30, down 15%.

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 Stephen's CofE Primary School attended 94.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2025
Authorised absence 4.0%
Unauthorised absence 2.0%
Severely absent pupils 1.8%

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 St Stephen's CofE Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.0
Permanent exclusions 0

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 Stephen's CofE Primary School had 17.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20252026
Pupils per adult 10.88.3
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 42.9%–
Sick days per teacher 0.9–

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, 19.4% of pupils at St Stephen's CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 26 7
Social, emotional and mental health 8 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 1 1
Specific learning difficulty 1 1

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 Stephen's CofE Primary School received £9,227 and spent £9,421 for each of its 197 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £391,000 (£1,991 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

2025
Revenue reserve £391,000
per pupil £1,991
In-year balance -£38,000
per pupil -£194

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

The latest Ofsted rating for St Stephen's CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2022 of its predecessor, St Stephen's CofE Primary School.

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

St Stephen's CofE Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

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

St Stephen's CofE Primary School has 186 pupils on roll.

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

St Stephen's CofE Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Stephen's CofE Primary School?

St Stephen's CofE Primary School is at Albyn Road, Deptford, London, SE8 4ED.

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