Crawford Primary School
Crawford Road, London, SE5 9NF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Vicky Shires
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 285
- URN
- 100785
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02072741046
About this school
Crawford Primary School is a community primary school in London. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 285 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
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- 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 | 73 | 60 | 54 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 45% | 62% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 8% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 59% | 67% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 59% | 78% | 81% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 68% | 67% | 81% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.20 | - | - |
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 Crawford 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 | Southwark average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 45% | 65.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 63.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 65.5% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 410 |
| 2023/24 | 374 |
| 2024/25 | 323 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Crawford Primary School compares
Crawford Primary School ranked 40th of 63 primary schools in Southwark 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 26% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 7% | 51.2% | 285 | — |
| Lyndhurst Primary School | 71% | 4.5% | 26.2% | 495 | 0.3 miles |
| Loughborough Primary School | — | 7.3% | 71% | 257 | 0.4 miles |
| Brunswick Park Primary School | 82% | 5.4% | 49.5% | 415 | 0.5 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Junior School | 67% | 4.8% | 50.4% | 209 | 0.5 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Infants School | — | 4.4% | 26.4% | 147 | 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)
- 51.16%
- English as an additional language
- 40.2%
- Overall absence
- 6.96%
- Persistent absence
- 23.39%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lyndhurst Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · London
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Loughborough Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · London
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Brunswick Park Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
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St Joseph's Catholic Junior School0.5 miles
Primary · London
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St Joseph's Catholic Infants School0.5 miles
Primary · London
Other schools in London
Crawford Primary School ranks 648th of the 948 ranked primary schools in London.
- Abacus Belsize Primary School Primary
- 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 Crawford Primary School teach?
- Crawford Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Crawford Primary School?
- The headteacher of Crawford Primary School is Ms Vicky Shires, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Crawford Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Crawford 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 Crawford Primary School?
- Crawford Primary School has 285 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Crawford Primary School full?
- Crawford Primary School has capacity for 630 pupils and 285 on roll (45%), 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 Crawford Primary School a faith school?
- No. Crawford Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Crawford Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Crawford Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Crawford Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 45% 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 Crawford Primary School rank locally?
- Crawford Primary School ranked 40th of 63 primary schools in Southwark 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 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 Crawford Primary School's absence rate?
- Crawford Primary School's overall absence rate is 7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Crawford Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Crawford 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.