Discovery Primary School
Battery Road, London, SE28 0JN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Sarah Harvey
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Erith and Thamesmead
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 700
- Pupils on roll
- 523
- URN
- 131109
- Local authority
- Greenwich
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02088552470
About this school
Discovery Primary School is a community primary school in London. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 523 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Discovery 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 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 | 87 | 87 | 87 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 85% | 69% | 59% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 18% | 7% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 87% | 72% | 62% |
| Expected standard in maths | 87% | 86% | 77% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 86% | 78% | 78% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.00 | - | - |
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 Discovery 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 | Greenwich average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 85% | 66.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 69% | 68.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 59% | 71.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 648 |
| 2023/24 | 638 |
| 2024/25 | 592 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Discovery Primary School compares
Discovery Primary School ranked 58th of 62 primary schools in Greenwich for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 59% | 5.1% | 29.9% | 523 | — |
| Heronsgate Primary School | 77% | 5% | 31% | 707 | 0.7 miles |
| St Thomas A Becket Roman Catholic Primary School | 75% | 3.5% | 32.6% | 371 | 0.7 miles |
| De Lucy Primary School | 76% | 6.6% | 54.6% | 251 | 0.8 miles |
| St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School | 75% | 3.9% | 28.2% | 173 | 0.8 miles |
| Hawksmoor School | 74% | 3.6% | 45.1% | 307 | 0.8 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)
- 29.85%
- English as an additional language
- 32.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.06%
- Persistent absence
- 14.52%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Heronsgate Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · London
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St Thomas A Becket Roman Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · London
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De Lucy Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · London
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St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · London
-
Hawksmoor School0.8 miles
Primary · London
Other schools in London
Discovery Primary School ranks 801st 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 ages does Discovery Primary School teach?
- Discovery Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Discovery Primary School?
- The headteacher of Discovery Primary School is Sarah Harvey, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Discovery Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Discovery 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 Discovery Primary School?
- Discovery Primary School has 523 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Discovery Primary School full?
- Discovery Primary School has capacity for 700 pupils and 523 on roll (75%), 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 Discovery Primary School a faith school?
- No. Discovery Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Discovery Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Discovery Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Discovery Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Discovery 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 Discovery Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 85% in 2022/23 and 59% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Discovery Primary School compare with other schools in Greenwich?
- Discovery Primary School ranked 58th of 62 primary schools in Greenwich for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Discovery Primary School's absence rate?
- Discovery Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Discovery Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Discovery 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 30 June 2026.