Rathfern Primary School

State-Funded School

rathfern-primary-school-lewisham-london

LondonRegion

LewishamLocal Authority

Lewisham EastConstituency

SE6 4NLPostcode

9.1

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Rathfern Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Lewisham, London.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 484 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 20 Jan 2026 · published 7 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 53%
Higher standard: 5%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

38%

Asian

Black

30%

Mixed

19%

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

484

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

21%

England average

27%

First language not English

31%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 484
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 29 September 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
11 Jan 2016	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.