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Good Shepherd RC School

URN
100722
Phase
Primary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Good Shepherd RC School
URN
100722
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
3-11
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Good

64 / 100

Good

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

58

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

57

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of primary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#42 of 57 schools in Lewisham

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Proceed With Caution

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Below Average
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Good Shepherd RC School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Admissions strategy for Good Shepherd RC School

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
2 March 2025
Inspection date
28 January 2025
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Requires improvement

    Graded 2 March 2025

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Requires improvement

    Graded 2 March 2025

  • Personal development

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Reception in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

27

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

63

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

27

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.33×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Lewisham
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Lewisham)
Application deadline
15 January 2027 (on-time deadline for primary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://www.goodshepherd.lewisham.sch.uk/

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Lewisham to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

70.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

67.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

70.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

67.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

BR1 5EP - Moorside Road, Downham, Bromley, Kent

Contact details

Address
Moorside Road, Downham, Bromley, Kent
Postcode
BR1 5EP
Phone
2086984173
Website
http://www.goodshepherd.lewisham.sch.uk/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Lewisham
Local authority code
209

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 161 schools in Lewisham.

Authority statistics

Total schools

161

Open schools

98

Closed schools

63

Primary schools

87

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 2 March 2025

  • Leadership and management

    Requires improvement

    Graded 2 March 2025

  • Early years

    Requires improvement

    Graded 2 March 2025

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 2 inspections on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    2 March 202528 January 2025S5 InspectionInspectionView report for inspection published 2 March 2025
    16 March 202027 February 2020-School remains GoodView report for inspection published 16 March 2020
    • Inspection

      Published
      2 March 2025
      Inspected
      28 January 2025
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report
    • School remains Good

      Published
      16 March 2020
      Inspected
      27 February 2020
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    42.9%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 25

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    22

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary87 (54.7%)
    • Secondary22 (13.8%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other50 (31.4%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Launcelot Primary School and Nursery275 mPrimaryOpen
    Haberdashers' Knights Academy433 mSecondaryOpen
    Malory School433 mSecondaryClosed
    Rangefield Primary School529 mPrimaryOpen
    Burnt Ash Primary School584 mPrimaryOpen
    Burnt Ash Infant School584 mPrimaryClosed
    Burnt Ash Primary School584 mPrimaryClosed
    Drumbeat School and ASD Service696 mNot applicableOpen
    New Woodlands PRU Co New Woodlands School701 mNot applicableClosed
    New Woodlands School701 mNot applicableOpen
    • Launcelot Primary School and Nursery
      Distance
      275 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Haberdashers' Knights Academy
      Distance
      433 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open
    • Malory School
      Distance
      433 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Rangefield Primary School
      Distance
      529 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Primary) and local authority (Lewisham)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Adamsrill Primary SchoolPrimarySE26 4AQOpen
    All Saints' Church of England Primary School BlackheathPrimarySE3 0TXOpen
    Ashmead Primary SchoolPrimarySE8 4DXOpen
    Athelney Primary SchoolPrimarySE6 3LDOpen
    Baring Primary SchoolPrimarySE12 0NBOpen
    • Adamsrill Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      SE26 4AQ
      Status
      Open
    • All Saints' Church of England Primary School Blackheath
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      SE3 0TX
      Status
      Open
    • Ashmead Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      SE8 4DX
      Status
      Open
    • Athelney Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      SE6 3LD
      Status
      Open
    Burnt Ash Primary School
    Distance
    584 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Burnt Ash Infant School
    Distance
    584 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Burnt Ash Primary School
    Distance
    584 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Drumbeat School and ASD Service
    Distance
    696 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • New Woodlands PRU Co New Woodlands School
    Distance
    701 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • New Woodlands School
    Distance
    701 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Baring Primary School
    Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    SE12 0NB
    Status
    Open