Alderwood Primary School
Rainham Close, Eltham, London, SE9 2JH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE COMPASS PARTNERSHIP OF SCHOOLS
- Executive Headteacher
- Mr David Guy
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Eltham and Chislehurst
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 192
- URN
- 143601
- Local authority
- Greenwich
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02088506841
About this school
Alderwood Primary School is a primary academy in London. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 192 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 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
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong 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 | 26 | 27 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 77% | 81% | 87% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 15% | 19% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 81% | 81% | 87% |
| Expected standard in maths | 81% | 89% | 87% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 73% | 81% | 87% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 109.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.00 | - | - |
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 Alderwood 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 | 81% | 68.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 87% | 71.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 205 |
| 2023/24 | 207 |
| 2024/25 | 199 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Alderwood Primary School compares
Alderwood Primary School ranked 4th of 62 primary schools in Greenwich for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 95% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 87% | 6.6% | 61.3% | 192 | — |
| Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School | 62% | 4.9% | 8.4% | 397 | 0.3 miles |
| Days Lane Primary School | 70% | 3.7% | 10.1% | 653 | 0.5 miles |
| Bishop Ridley Church of England VA Primary School | 72% | 4.7% | 8.1% | 342 | 0.8 miles |
| Dulverton Primary School | 77% | 3.6% | 4.6% | 444 | 0.9 miles |
| Wyborne Primary School | 73% | 5.4% | 22% | 408 | 0.9 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
- 12 October 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 61.31%
- English as an additional language
- 18.6%
- Overall absence
- 6.56%
- Persistent absence
- 20.88%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Sidcup
-
Days Lane Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Sidcup
-
Bishop Ridley Church of England VA Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Welling
-
Dulverton Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · London
-
Wyborne Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · London
Other schools in London
Alderwood Primary School ranks 129th of the 948 ranked primary schools in London.
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- Alderbrook Primary School Primary
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Common questions
- What year groups does Alderwood Primary School teach?
- Alderwood Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in London.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Alderwood Primary School?
- The executive headteacher of Alderwood Primary School is Mr David Guy, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Alderwood Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Alderwood 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 Alderwood Primary School?
- Alderwood Primary School has 192 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Alderwood Primary School full?
- Alderwood Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 192 on roll (91%), 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 Alderwood Primary School a faith school?
- No. Alderwood Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Alderwood Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Alderwood Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Alderwood Primary School?
- Alderwood 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.
- What SEN provision does Alderwood Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Alderwood 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 Alderwood 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 87% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Alderwood Primary School rank locally?
- Alderwood Primary School ranked 4th of 62 primary schools in Greenwich for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 95% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Alderwood Primary School's absence rate?
- Alderwood Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Alderwood Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Alderwood 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.