Robert Browning Primary School
King and Queen Street, Walworth, London, SE17 1DQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Katherine Wooder
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Federation
- The Bridges Federation
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Peckham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 236
- Pupils on roll
- 185
- URN
- 100809
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02077083456
About this school
Robert Browning Primary School is a community primary school in London. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 185 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Robert Browning 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. 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
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong 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 | 30 | 27 | 28 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 59% | 43% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 80% | 67% | 57% |
| Expected standard in maths | 57% | 63% | 46% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 80% | 63% | 50% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 104.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 104.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.10 | - | - |
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 Robert Browning 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 | 57% | 65.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 59% | 63.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 43% | 65.5% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 201 |
| 2023/24 | 213 |
| 2024/25 | 191 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Robert Browning Primary School compares
Robert Browning Primary School ranked 62nd of 63 primary schools in Southwark for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 14% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43% | 5.5% | 51.9% | 185 | — |
| St Peter's Church of England Primary School | 68% | 5.6% | 51.1% | 134 | 0.2 miles |
| English Martyrs' Roman Catholic Primary School | 77% | 3.4% | 48.2% | 299 | 0.2 miles |
| Victory Primary School | 74% | 5.7% | 52.3% | 112 | 0.3 miles |
| Michael Faraday School | 65% | 6.4% | 37.3% | 429 | 0.3 miles |
| St Paul's Church of England Primary School | 61% | 3.8% | 54% | 207 | 0.3 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 report9 December 2025
- 28 September 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 51.93%
- English as an additional language
- 60.2%
- Overall absence
- 5.52%
- Persistent absence
- 13.61%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Peter's Church of England Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · London
-
English Martyrs' Roman Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · London
-
Victory Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · London
-
Michael Faraday School0.3 miles
Primary · London
-
St Paul's Church of England Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · London
Other schools in London
Robert Browning Primary School ranks 928th of the 948 ranked primary schools in London.
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- Alderbrook Primary School Primary
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Common questions
- What ages does Robert Browning Primary School teach?
- Robert Browning Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Robert Browning Primary School?
- The headteacher of Robert Browning Primary School is Ms Katherine Wooder, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Robert Browning Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Robert Browning 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 Robert Browning Primary School?
- Robert Browning Primary School has 185 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Robert Browning Primary School full?
- Robert Browning Primary School has capacity for 236 pupils and 185 on roll (78%), 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 Robert Browning Primary School a faith school?
- No. Robert Browning Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Robert Browning Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Robert Browning Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Is Robert Browning Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Robert Browning Primary School is part of the The Bridges Federation federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Robert Browning Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Robert Browning Primary School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Robert Browning Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 57% in 2022/23 and 43% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Robert Browning Primary School compare with other schools in Southwark?
- Robert Browning Primary School ranked 62nd of 63 primary schools in Southwark for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 14% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Robert Browning Primary School's absence rate?
- Robert Browning Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Robert Browning Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Robert Browning 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.