Cardwell Primary School
118 Frances Street, Woolwich, London, SE18 5LP
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lisa Lazell
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Federation
- The Ambition Federation of Schools
- Constituency
- Greenwich and Woolwich
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 480
- Pupils on roll
- 423
- URN
- 100155
- Local authority
- Greenwich
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02088541051
About this school
Cardwell Primary School is a community primary school in London. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 423 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 54 | 55 | 56 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 67% | 79% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 17% | 9% | 14% |
| Expected standard in reading | 78% | 76% | 89% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 80% | 89% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 87% | 69% | 89% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 104.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 105.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.30 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Cardwell Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Greenwich average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 67% | 66.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 68.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 79% | 71.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 461 |
| 2023/24 | 448 |
| 2024/25 | 437 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cardwell Primary School compares
Cardwell Primary School ranked 20th of 62 primary schools in Greenwich for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 86% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 79% | 4.9% | 42.7% | 423 | — |
| Woodhill Primary School | 63% | 6% | 54% | 331 | 0.2 miles |
| Mulgrave Primary School | 74% | 6% | 31.6% | 328 | 0.4 miles |
| Windrush Charlton Primary School | 65% | 4.6% | 47.7% | 500 | 0.5 miles |
| Thorntree Primary School | 73% | 5.6% | 37.2% | 190 | 0.5 miles |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School | 73% | 3.6% | 19.5% | 208 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 42.71%
- English as an additional language
- 60.2%
- Overall absence
- 4.88%
- Persistent absence
- 12.92%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Woodhill Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · London
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Mulgrave Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · London
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Windrush Charlton Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
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Thorntree Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
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St Peter's Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · London
Other schools in London
Cardwell Primary School ranks 301st of the 948 ranked primary schools in London.
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Common questions
- What year groups does Cardwell Primary School teach?
- Cardwell Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Cardwell Primary School?
- The headteacher of Cardwell Primary School is Mrs Lisa Lazell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Cardwell Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cardwell Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Cardwell Primary School?
- Cardwell Primary School has 423 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Cardwell Primary School full?
- Cardwell Primary School has capacity for 480 pupils and 423 on roll (88%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Cardwell Primary School a faith school?
- No. Cardwell Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Cardwell Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Cardwell Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Cardwell Primary School?
- Cardwell Primary School is part of the The Ambition Federation of Schools federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Cardwell Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 67% in 2022/23 and 79% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Cardwell Primary School rank locally?
- Cardwell Primary School ranked 20th of 62 primary schools in Greenwich for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 86% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cardwell Primary School's absence rate?
- Cardwell Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cardwell Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cardwell Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.