Beecroft Garden Primary
Beecroft Road, London, SE4 2BS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Mr Graham Voller
- Constituency
- Lewisham West and East Dulwich
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 382
- URN
- 100674
- Local authority
- Lewisham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02086922762
About this school
Beecroft Garden Primary is a community primary school in London. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 382 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Beecroft Garden Primary, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 49 | 56 | 55 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 76% | 71% | 69% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 9% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 82% | 91% | 95% |
| Expected standard in maths | 86% | 88% | 80% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 82% | 86% | 89% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 108.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.80 | - | - |
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 Beecroft Garden Primary has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Lewisham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 76% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 71% | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 69% | 64.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 389 |
| 2023/24 | 391 |
| 2024/25 | 392 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Beecroft Garden Primary compares
Beecroft Garden Primary ranked 36th of 67 primary schools in Lewisham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 56% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 69% | 5.2% | 21.7% | 382 | — |
| Turnham Academy | 88% | 5.2% | 56.1% | 168 | 0.3 miles |
| Gordonbrock Primary School | 85% | 3.8% | 14% | 626 | 0.4 miles |
| Ivydale Primary School | 68% | 5.1% | 20.2% | 463 | 0.5 miles |
| John Stainer Community Primary School | 61% | 4.5% | 22% | 400 | 0.5 miles |
| Stillness Junior School | 83% | 4% | 7% | 276 | 0.5 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)
- 21.68%
- English as an additional language
- 25.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.16%
- Persistent absence
- 16.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Turnham Academy0.3 miles
Primary · London
-
Gordonbrock Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Brockley
-
Ivydale Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
-
John Stainer Community Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
-
Stillness Junior School0.5 miles
Primary · London
Other schools in London
Beecroft Garden Primary ranks 603rd of the 948 ranked primary schools in London.
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Common questions
- What ages does Beecroft Garden Primary teach?
- Beecroft Garden Primary teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in London.
- Who is the head teacher of Beecroft Garden Primary?
- The head teacher of Beecroft Garden Primary is Mr Graham Voller, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Beecroft Garden Primary been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Beecroft Garden Primary, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Beecroft Garden Primary?
- Beecroft Garden Primary has 382 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Beecroft Garden Primary full?
- Beecroft Garden Primary has capacity for 420 pupils and 382 on roll (91%), 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 Beecroft Garden Primary a faith school?
- No. Beecroft Garden Primary has no designated religious character.
- Does Beecroft Garden Primary have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Beecroft Garden Primary as having no nursery classes.
- How have Beecroft Garden Primary's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 76% in 2022/23 and 69% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Beecroft Garden Primary compare with other schools in Lewisham?
- Beecroft Garden Primary ranked 36th of 67 primary schools in Lewisham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 56% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Beecroft Garden Primary's absence rate?
- Beecroft Garden Primary's overall absence rate is 5.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Beecroft Garden Primary's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Beecroft Garden Primary'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.