Schools in Southwark
115 schools in the Southwark local authority.
Schools
115
Open schools
Pupils
46,793
2025–26 census
Good or better
97%
89 of 92 graded
Academic Performance
6.4
out of 10 · 105 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 24 26%
- Good
- 65 71%
- Requires improvement
- 3 3%
- Inadequate
- 0 0%
10 inspected since 2024, no overall grade7 superseded by a report card13 not judged
6.4
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 105 of 115 schools that can be scored
Pupils
46,793
pupils on roll
Boys 52%48% Girls
Roll from 114 of 115 schools (46,793 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
30%Asian
6%Black
37%Mixed
15%Chinese
<1%Any other group
8%Unclassified
4%Ethnicity from 100 of 115 schools (40,518 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 41.3%
- First language not English
- 32.1%
- Young carers
- <1%
16,769 of 40,635 pupils · 101 of 115 schools
12,992 of 40,518 pupils · 100 of 115 schools
148 of 40,168 pupils · 96 of 115 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 68
- Secondary
- 20
- All-through
- 4
- Special
- 12
- Nursery
- 4
- PRU
- 1
- Not recorded
- 6
Top primary schools in Southwark
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Boutcher Church of England Primary SchoolSouthwark · Primary10.0/10Outstanding
- 2.The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary OverieSouthwark · Primary10.0/10Outstanding
- 3.Charles Dickens Primary SchoolSouthwark · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 4.Redriff Primary, City of London AcademySouthwark · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 5.Dulwich Hamlet Junior SchoolSouthwark · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 6.Crampton PrimarySouthwark · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 7.Harris Primary Academy East DulwichSouthwark · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 8.Angel Oak AcademySouthwark · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 9.John Ruskin Primary School and Language ClassesSouthwark · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 10.Galleywall Primary, City of London AcademySouthwark · Primary9.5/10Outstanding
- 11.Surrey Square Primary SchoolSouthwark · Primary9.5/10Outstanding
- 12.Dulwich Village Church of England Infants' SchoolSouthwark · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 13.St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolSouthwark · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 14.Ilderton Primary SchoolSouthwark · Primary9.0/10
- 15.Phoenix Primary SchoolSouthwark · Primary9.0/10
- 16.Riverside Primary SchoolSouthwark · Primary8.9/10Good
- 17.Judith Kerr Primary SchoolSouthwark · Primary8.7/10Good
- 18.St James the Great Roman Catholic Primary SchoolSouthwark · Primary8.7/10Good
- 19.Bessemer Grange Primary SchoolSouthwark · Primary8.6/10Good
- 20.Brunswick Park Primary SchoolSouthwark · Primary8.6/10
Top secondary schools in Southwark
The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.The Charter School North DulwichSouthwark · Secondary9.9/10Outstanding
- 2.The St Thomas the Apostle CollegeSouthwark · Secondary9.9/10Outstanding
- 3.Kingsdale Foundation SchoolSouthwark · Secondary9.8/10Outstanding
- 4.Sacred Heart Catholic SchoolSouthwark · Secondary9.8/10Outstanding
- 5.Harris Boys' Academy East DulwichSouthwark · Secondary9.7/10Outstanding
- 6.Harris Girls' Academy East DulwichSouthwark · Secondary9.7/10Outstanding
- 7.St Michael's Catholic CollegeSouthwark · Secondary8.9/10
- 8.The Charter School East DulwichSouthwark · Secondary8.6/10Good
- 9.Harris Academy BermondseySouthwark · Secondary8.5/10
- 10.City of London Academy (Southwark)Southwark · Secondary8.2/10Good
- 11.St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England SchoolSouthwark · Secondary7.8/10Good
- 12.Ark Globe AcademySouthwark · Secondary7.2/10Good
- 13.Bacon's CollegeSouthwark · Secondary7.0/10Good
- 14.Haberdashers' Borough AcademySouthwark · Secondary6.7/10Good
- 15.Ark All Saints AcademySouthwark · Secondary5.7/10Good
- 16.Ark Walworth AcademySouthwark · Secondary4.0/10Good
- 17.South Bank University AcademySouthwark · Secondary3.0/10Good
- 18.Harris Academy PeckhamSouthwark · Secondary2.8/10
- 19.The Charter School BermondseySouthwark · Secondary2.7/10Good
- 20.Notre Dame Catholic Girls' SchoolSouthwark · Secondary0.3/10Requires improvement
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About schools in Southwark
- How many schools are there in Southwark?
- Southwark has 115 open schools — 68 primary, 20 secondary, 12 special, 4 nursery, teaching 46,793 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Southwark are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 89 of the 92 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 97% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 24 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 115: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Southwark?
- 6.4 out of 10, averaged across the 105 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Southwark schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 23 schools in Southwark currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Southwark local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Southwark covers 115 schools and sits in the London region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Southwark are eligible for free school meals?
- 41.3% — 16,769 of 40,635 pupils at the 101 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the London region.