Twin Oaks Primary School
Scawen Road, London, SE8 5AE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Karen Cartwright
- Constituency
- Lewisham North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 176
- URN
- 100712
- Local authority
- Lewisham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02086924321
About this school
Twin Oaks Primary School is a community primary school in London. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 176 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 25 | 45 | 38 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 40% | 42% | 42% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 9% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 60% | 64% | 82% |
| Expected standard in maths | 68% | 56% | 63% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 60% | 56% | 50% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.40 | - | - |
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 Twin Oaks 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 | 40% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 42% | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 42% | 64.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 226 |
| 2023/24 | 227 |
| 2024/25 | 198 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Twin Oaks Primary School compares
Twin Oaks Primary School ranked 67th of 67 primary schools in Lewisham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 13% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42% | 6.1% | 47.5% | 176 | — |
| Deptford Park Primary School | 69% | 5.1% | 47.6% | 217 | 0.2 miles |
| Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary | 75% | 3.9% | 40.9% | 395 | 0.5 miles |
| Rotherhithe Primary School | 77% | 7.6% | 52.9% | 339 | 0.5 miles |
| Ilderton Primary School | 73% | 5.7% | 41.9% | 157 | 0.5 miles |
| Grinling Gibbons Primary School | 57% | 7.4% | 42.7% | 208 | 0.6 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
-
Graded inspection report27 January 2026
- 12 January 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 47.47%
- English as an additional language
- 62.1%
- Overall absence
- 6.09%
- Persistent absence
- 20.56%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Deptford Park Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · London
-
Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary0.5 miles
Primary · London
-
Rotherhithe Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
-
Ilderton Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
-
Grinling Gibbons Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · London
Other schools in London
Twin Oaks Primary School ranks 932nd of the 948 ranked primary schools in London.
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- Acton Gardens Primary School Primary
- Adamsrill Primary School Primary
- Addison Primary School Primary
- Ainslie Wood Primary School Primary
- Akiva School Primary
- Albemarle Primary School Primary
- Albion Primary School Primary
- Alderbrook Primary School Primary
- Aldersbrook Primary School Primary
- Alderwood Primary School Primary
- Alexander McLeod Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Twin Oaks Primary School teach?
- Twin Oaks Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Twin Oaks Primary School?
- The headteacher of Twin Oaks Primary School is Miss Karen Cartwright, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Twin Oaks Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Twin Oaks 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 Twin Oaks Primary School?
- Twin Oaks Primary School has 176 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Twin Oaks Primary School full?
- Twin Oaks Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 176 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 Twin Oaks Primary School a faith school?
- No. Twin Oaks Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Twin Oaks Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Twin Oaks Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Twin Oaks Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 40% in 2022/23 and 42% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Twin Oaks Primary School rank locally?
- Twin Oaks Primary School ranked 67th of 67 primary schools in Lewisham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 13% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Twin Oaks Primary School's absence rate?
- Twin Oaks Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Twin Oaks Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Twin Oaks 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.