Deansfield Primary School
Dairsie Road, Eltham, London, SE9 1XP
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE COMPASS PARTNERSHIP OF SCHOOLS
- Executive Headteacher
- Mrs Karen Baldwin
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Eltham and Chislehurst
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 461
- URN
- 143599
- Local authority
- Greenwich
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02088501218
About this school
Deansfield Primary School is a primary academy in London. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 461 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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 | 60 | 58 | 55 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 77% | 74% | 91% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 17% | 21% | 27% |
| Expected standard in reading | 82% | 76% | 91% |
| Expected standard in maths | 90% | 88% | 96% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 72% | 74% | 87% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 106.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 107.0 | 110.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.90 | - | - |
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 Deansfield 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 | 77% | 66.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 74% | 68.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 91% | 71.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 463 |
| 2023/24 | 462 |
| 2024/25 | 462 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Deansfield Primary School compares
Deansfield Primary School ranked 1st of 62 primary schools in Greenwich for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 98% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 83% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 91% | 4.1% | 12.7% | 461 | — |
| Gordon Primary School | 82% | 4.3% | 13.7% | 439 | 0.4 miles |
| Christ Church Church of England Primary School, Shooters Hill | 73% | 3.4% | 15.4% | 207 | 0.5 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | 83% | 3% | 12.1% | 447 | 0.6 miles |
| St Thomas More Catholic Primary School | 69% | 4.8% | 34.3% | 201 | 0.7 miles |
| Eltham Church of England Primary School | 83% | 4.2% | 14.4% | 450 | 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)
- 12.65%
- English as an additional language
- 19.9%
- Overall absence
- 4.07%
- Persistent absence
- 7.82%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Gordon Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · London
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Christ Church Church of England Primary School, Shooters Hill0.5 miles
Primary · London
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St Mary's Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · London
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St Thomas More Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · London
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Eltham Church of England Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · London
Other schools in London
Deansfield Primary School ranks 57th of the 948 ranked primary schools in London.
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Common questions
- What year groups does Deansfield Primary School teach?
- Deansfield Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in London.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Deansfield Primary School?
- The executive headteacher of Deansfield Primary School is Mrs Karen Baldwin, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Deansfield Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Deansfield 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 big is Deansfield Primary School?
- Deansfield Primary School has 461 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Deansfield Primary School full?
- Deansfield Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 461 on roll (110%), so it is at or above 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 Deansfield Primary School a faith school?
- No. Deansfield Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Is Deansfield Primary School a selective school?
- No. Deansfield Primary School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Does Deansfield Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Deansfield Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Deansfield Primary School?
- Deansfield Primary School is part of THE COMPASS PARTNERSHIP OF SCHOOLS. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Deansfield Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 77% in 2022/23 and 91% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Deansfield Primary School rank locally?
- Deansfield Primary School ranked 1st of 62 primary schools in Greenwich for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 98% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 83% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Deansfield Primary School's absence rate?
- Deansfield Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Deansfield Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Deansfield 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 10 July 2026.