Dog Kennel Hill School
Dog Kennel Hill, East Dulwich, London, SE22 8AB
This school is closed (it closed in September 2023).
It was replaced by Grove Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Executive Headteacher
- Ms Barbara Ghezzi
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Camberwell and Peckham
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 283
- URN
- 100786
- Local authority
- Southwark
About this school
Dog Kennel Hill School was a community primary school in London. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 283 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Dog Kennel Hill School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 49 | 43 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 58% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 65% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 71% | 60% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.70 | - |
| Writing progress | +4.10 | - |
| Maths progress | +0.30 | - |
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 Dog Kennel Hill 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 | 63% | 65.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 58% | 63.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 65.5% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Dog Kennel Hill School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.2% | 35.8% | 283 | — |
| Grove Primary School | 56% | 5.4% | 43.4% | 205 | 0.0 miles |
| Goose Green Primary and Nursery School | 55% | 5.5% | 49.3% | 210 | 0.4 miles |
| The Belham Primary School | 80% | 3.8% | 15.5% | 385 | 0.4 miles |
| Lyndhurst Primary School | 71% | 4.5% | 26.2% | 495 | 0.4 miles |
| Bessemer Grange Primary School | 78% | 4.1% | 27.2% | 515 | 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 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 35.8%
- English as an additional language
- 44.2%
- Overall absence
- 6.2%
- Persistent absence
- 17.7%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Grove Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · London
-
Goose Green Primary and Nursery School0.4 miles
Primary · London
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The Belham Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · London
-
Lyndhurst Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · London
-
Bessemer Grange Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
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Common questions
- What year groups does Dog Kennel Hill School teach?
- Dog Kennel Hill School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in London.
- Has Dog Kennel Hill School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Dog Kennel Hill School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Dog Kennel Hill School?
- Dog Kennel Hill School had 283 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Dog Kennel Hill School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 63% in 2022/23 and 58% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Dog Kennel Hill School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Dog Kennel Hill 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 30 September 2023.