Elmstead Wood Primary School
Castlecombe Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4AT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE SPRING PARTNERSHIP TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Cat Lewis
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- The Spring Partnership Trust
- Constituency
- Eltham and Chislehurst
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 280
- URN
- 140533
- Local authority
- Bromley
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02088571504
About this school
Elmstead Wood Primary School is a primary academy in London. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 280 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Elmstead Wood 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
- 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 | 35 | 37 | 38 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 51% | 43% | 68% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 11% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 63% | 57% | 89% |
| Expected standard in maths | 77% | 65% | 79% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 57% | 54% | 82% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 101.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 102.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.60 | - | - |
| 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 Elmstead Wood 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 | Bromley average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 51% | 66.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 43% | 65.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 68% | 66.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 319 |
| 2023/24 | 318 |
| 2024/25 | 294 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Elmstead Wood Primary School compares
Elmstead Wood Primary School ranked 42nd of 68 primary schools in Bromley for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 61% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 68% | 5.7% | 32.1% | 280 | — |
| St Vincent's Catholic Primary School | 81% | 3.8% | 9.6% | 203 | 0.3 miles |
| Orion Ravensworth | 41% | 8.3% | 40% | 273 | 0.5 miles |
| Marvels Lane Primary School | 70% | 7.3% | 38.4% | 385 | 0.6 miles |
| Red Hill Primary School | 73% | 5.2% | 16% | 663 | 0.8 miles |
| Montbelle Primary School | 65% | 5.1% | 24.6% | 364 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 32.06%
- English as an additional language
- 19.4%
- Overall absence
- 5.66%
- Persistent absence
- 14.57%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Vincent's Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · London
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Orion Ravensworth0.5 miles
Primary · London
-
Marvels Lane Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · London
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Red Hill Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Chislehurst
-
Montbelle Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · London
Other schools in London
Elmstead Wood Primary School ranks 636th of the 948 ranked primary schools in London.
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Common questions
- What ages does Elmstead Wood Primary School teach?
- Elmstead Wood Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Elmstead Wood Primary School?
- The headteacher of Elmstead Wood Primary School is Mrs Cat Lewis, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Elmstead Wood Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Elmstead Wood 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 Elmstead Wood Primary School?
- Elmstead Wood Primary School has 280 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Elmstead Wood Primary School full?
- Elmstead Wood Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 280 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 Elmstead Wood Primary School a faith school?
- No. Elmstead Wood Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Elmstead Wood Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Elmstead Wood Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Is Elmstead Wood Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Elmstead Wood Primary School is part of THE SPRING PARTNERSHIP TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Elmstead Wood Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 51% in 2022/23 and 68% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Elmstead Wood Primary School compare with other schools in Bromley?
- Elmstead Wood Primary School ranked 42nd of 68 primary schools in Bromley for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 61% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Elmstead Wood Primary School's absence rate?
- Elmstead Wood 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 Elmstead Wood Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Elmstead Wood 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 1 July 2026.