Ilderton Primary School
Varcoe Road, London, SE16 3LA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Simon Assig
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Peckham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 236
- Pupils on roll
- 157
- URN
- 100795
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02072373980
About this school
Ilderton Primary School is a community primary school in London. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 157 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Ilderton Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- 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 | 40 | 42 | 33 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 86% | 73% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 18% | 24% | 12% |
| Expected standard in reading | 73% | 90% | 76% |
| Expected standard in maths | 73% | 88% | 82% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 88% | 79% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 109.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 108.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.40 | - | - |
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 Ilderton 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 | 63% | 65.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 86% | 63.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 73% | 65.5% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 242 |
| 2023/24 | 213 |
| 2024/25 | 175 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ilderton Primary School compares
Ilderton Primary School ranked 25th of 63 primary schools in Southwark for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 73% | 5.7% | 41.9% | 157 | — |
| Pilgrims' Way Primary School | 66% | 6.1% | 55.3% | 171 | 0.3 miles |
| Galleywall Primary, City of London Academy | 69% | 6.2% | 44.7% | 345 | 0.4 miles |
| John Keats Primary School | 47% | 9.1% | 64.4% | 362 | 0.4 miles |
| Rotherhithe Primary School | 77% | 7.6% | 52.9% | 339 | 0.5 miles |
| Bird In Bush School | 67% | 4% | 58.3% | 381 | 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)
- 41.92%
- English as an additional language
- 27.4%
- Overall absence
- 5.71%
- Persistent absence
- 15.44%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Pilgrims' Way Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · London
-
Galleywall Primary, City of London Academy0.4 miles
Primary · London
-
John Keats Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · London
-
Rotherhithe Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
-
Bird In Bush School0.5 miles
Primary · Peckham
Other schools in London
Ilderton Primary School ranks 478th of the 948 ranked primary schools in London.
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Common questions
- What ages does Ilderton Primary School teach?
- Ilderton Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Ilderton Primary School?
- The headteacher of Ilderton Primary School is Mr Simon Assig, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Ilderton Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ilderton 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 many pupils are at Ilderton Primary School?
- Ilderton Primary School has 157 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Ilderton Primary School full?
- Ilderton Primary School has capacity for 236 pupils and 157 on roll (67%), 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 Ilderton Primary School a faith school?
- No. Ilderton Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Ilderton Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Ilderton Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Ilderton Primary 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 73% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Ilderton Primary School compare with other schools in Southwark?
- Ilderton Primary School ranked 25th of 63 primary schools in Southwark for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Ilderton Primary School's absence rate?
- Ilderton Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Ilderton Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ilderton 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.