Kender Primary School
Kender Street, New Cross, London, SE14 5JA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Keith Barr
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Lewisham North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 351
- URN
- 100691
- Local authority
- Lewisham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02076394654
About this school
Kender Primary School is a community primary school in London. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 351 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 47 | 54 | 44 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 63% | 68% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 62% | 80% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 74% | 81% | 82% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 60% | 65% | 82% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 105.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.20 | - | - |
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 Kender 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 | Lewisham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 55% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 68% | 64.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 393 |
| 2023/24 | 365 |
| 2024/25 | 353 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Kender Primary School compares
Kender Primary School ranked 40th of 67 primary schools in Lewisham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 61% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 68% | 7% | 48.1% | 351 | — |
| Edmund Waller Primary School | 72% | 3.9% | 13.4% | 434 | 0.3 miles |
| Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary | 75% | 3.9% | 40.9% | 395 | 0.4 miles |
| Pilgrims' Way Primary School | 66% | 6.1% | 55.3% | 171 | 0.4 miles |
| John Donne Primary School | 65% | 5.1% | 54.5% | 405 | 0.5 miles |
| Hollydale Primary School | 59% | 6.3% | 44.2% | 155 | 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 48.08%
- English as an additional language
- 68.3%
- Overall absence
- 6.96%
- Persistent absence
- 24.41%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Edmund Waller Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · London
-
Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary0.4 miles
Primary · London
-
Pilgrims' Way Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · London
-
John Donne Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
-
Hollydale Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
Other schools in London
Kender Primary School ranks 637th of the 948 ranked primary schools in London.
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- Ainslie Wood Primary School Primary
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- Albemarle Primary School Primary
- Albion Primary School Primary
- Alderbrook Primary School Primary
- Aldersbrook Primary School Primary
- Alderwood Primary School Primary
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Common questions
- What year groups does Kender Primary School teach?
- Kender Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Kender Primary School?
- The headteacher of Kender Primary School is Mr Keith Barr, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Kender Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Kender 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 Kender Primary School?
- Kender Primary School has 351 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Kender Primary School full?
- Kender Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 351 on roll (84%), 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 Kender Primary School a faith school?
- No. Kender Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Kender Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Kender Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Kender Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 55% in 2022/23 and 68% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Kender Primary School rank locally?
- Kender Primary School ranked 40th of 67 primary schools in Lewisham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 61% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Kender Primary School's absence rate?
- Kender Primary School's overall absence rate is 7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Kender Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Kender 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.