Good Shepherd RC School
Moorside Road, Downham, Bromley, BR1 5EP
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Miss Lisa De Souza
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Southwark
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Lewisham East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 290
- Pupils on roll
- 201
- URN
- 100722
- Local authority
- Lewisham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02086984173
About this school
Good Shepherd RC School is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Bromley. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 201 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 60% | 47% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 3% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 87% | 80% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 87% | 50% | 70% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 87% | 63% | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 105.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 101.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.70 | - | - |
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 Good Shepherd RC 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 | 60% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 47% | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 64.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 235 |
| 2023/24 | 231 |
| 2024/25 | 212 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Good Shepherd RC School compares
Good Shepherd RC School ranked 43rd of 67 primary schools in Lewisham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% 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 | 67% | 6% | 30% | 201 | — |
| Launcelot Primary School and Nursery | 53% | 6.7% | 46.8% | 307 | 0.2 miles |
| Rangefield Primary School | 51% | 6.1% | 42.9% | 236 | 0.3 miles |
| Burnt Ash Primary School | 76% | 5.7% | 26.7% | 428 | 0.4 miles |
| Downderry Primary School | 80% | 5.6% | 28.9% | 477 | 0.5 miles |
| Haberdashers' Knights Primary | 73% | 4.4% | 47.7% | 207 | 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)
- 30%
- English as an additional language
- 53.3%
- Overall absence
- 6.02%
- Persistent absence
- 19.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Launcelot Primary School and Nursery0.2 miles
Primary · Bromley
-
Rangefield Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Bromley
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Burnt Ash Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Bromley
-
Downderry Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Bromley
-
Haberdashers' Knights Primary0.5 miles
Primary · Bromley
Other schools in Bromley
Good Shepherd RC School ranks 15th of the 20 ranked primary schools in Bromley.
- Bickley Primary School Primary
- Burnt Ash Primary School Primary
- Downderry Primary School Primary
- Haberdashers' Knights Primary Primary
- Harris Primary Academy Shortlands Primary
- Hayes Primary School Primary
- Highfield Infants' School Primary
- Highfield Junior School Primary
- La Fontaine Academy Primary
- Launcelot Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Orion Scotts Park Primary
- Parish Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Good Shepherd RC School teach?
- Good Shepherd RC School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Bromley.
- Who is the headteacher of Good Shepherd RC School?
- The headteacher of Good Shepherd RC School is Miss Lisa De Souza, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Good Shepherd RC School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Good Shepherd RC 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 Good Shepherd RC School?
- Good Shepherd RC School has 201 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Good Shepherd RC School full?
- Good Shepherd RC School has capacity for 290 pupils and 201 on roll (69%), 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 Good Shepherd RC School a faith school?
- Yes. Good Shepherd RC School is designated Roman Catholic, in the Archdiocese of Southwark.
- Does Good Shepherd RC School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Good Shepherd RC School as having nursery classes.
- How have Good Shepherd RC School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 60% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Good Shepherd RC School rank locally?
- Good Shepherd RC School ranked 43rd of 67 primary schools in Lewisham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% 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 Good Shepherd RC School's absence rate?
- Good Shepherd RC School's overall absence rate is 6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Good Shepherd RC School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Good Shepherd RC 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.