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Alderwood Primary School

URN
143601
Phase
Primary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Alderwood Primary School
URN
143601
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
3-11
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Excellent

89 / 100

Excellent

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

100

Inspection

78

Admissions Value

78

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 10% of primary schools in England

Top 10% nationally

#7 of 63 schools in Greenwich

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

School Compass recommendation

Recommended

This school performs well across several areas and may suit many families.

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

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Reach choice
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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  • Recommended application mix
  • Alternative schools
  • Admissions warnings

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Safe
  • National comparison: Lower 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?

School Compass Parent Report

Your decision briefing for Alderwood Primary 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

What Admissions Advantage can and cannot tell you

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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
  • Application portfolio balance across your shortlist
  • Accessible alternative schools in your area

Cannot tell you

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

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Can we realistically get in?

School Compass Admissions Advantage

Admissions strategy for Alderwood Primary School

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Ofsted inspections

Report card (from November 2025)

From November 2025, Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade. Schools receive grades across several areas on a report card.

Latest publication date
26 January 2026
Inspection date
9 December 2025
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingMet

Inspection outcomes

  • Safeguarding

    Met

    Graded 9 December 2025

  • Inclusion

    Strong standard

    Graded 9 December 2025

  • Curriculum and teaching

Admissions

Very 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)

18

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

59

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

18

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

3.28×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Greenwich 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 %

87.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

87.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

87.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

87.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

SE9 2JH - Rainham Close, Eltham, London

Contact details

Address
Rainham Close, Eltham, London
Postcode
SE9 2JH
Phone
2088506841
Website
http://www.alderwood.compassps.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Greenwich
Local authority code
203

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 212 schools in Greenwich.

Authority statistics

Total schools

212

Open schools

107

Closed schools

105

Primary schools

112

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.
  • Expected standard

    Graded 9 December 2025

  • Achievement

    Strong standard

    Graded 9 December 2025

  • Attendance and behaviour

    Expected standard

    Graded 9 December 2025

  • Personal development and wellbeing

    Strong standard

    Graded 9 December 2025

  • Leadership and governance

    Strong standard

    Graded 9 December 2025

  • Early years

    Expected standard
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    Inspection history

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

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    26 January 20269 December 2025S5 InspectionReport cardView report for inspection published 26 January 2026
    30 November 202112 October 2021S5 InspectionGoodView report for inspection published 30 November 2021
    • Report card

      Published
      26 January 2026
      Inspected
      9 December 2025
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report
    • Good

      Published
      30 November 2021
      Inspected
      12 October 2021
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

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

    Offer rate

    30.5%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 15

    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

    29

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary112 (54.4%)
    • Secondary29 (14.1%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other65 (31.6%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Alderwood Primary School0 mPrimaryClosed
    Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School410 mPrimaryOpen
    Days Lane Infant School718 mPrimaryClosed
    Leigh Stationers' Academy822 mSecondaryOpen
    Days Lane Primary School847 mPrimaryOpen
    Days Lane Primary School847 mPrimaryClosed
    Crown Woods College1000 mSecondaryClosed
    Harris Academy Falconwood1.1 kmSecondaryOpen
    Westwood College1.2 kmSecondaryClosed
    Charlton Athletic Community Trust Youth1.2 kmNot applicableClosed
    • Alderwood Primary School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School
      Distance
      410 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Days Lane Infant School
      Distance
      718 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Leigh Stationers' Academy
      Distance
      822 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Primary) and local authority (Greenwich)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Alderwood Primary SchoolPrimarySE9 2JHClosed
    Alexander McLeod Infant SchoolPrimarySE2 0QSClosed
    Alexander McLeod Junior SchoolPrimarySE2 0QSClosed
    Alexander McLeod Primary SchoolPrimarySE2 0QSOpen
    Bannockburn Primary SchoolPrimarySE18 1HEOpen
    • Alderwood Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      SE9 2JH
      Status
      Closed
    • Alexander McLeod Infant School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      SE2 0QS
      Status
      Closed
    • Alexander McLeod Junior School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      SE2 0QS
      Status
      Closed
    • Alexander McLeod Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      SE2 0QS
      Status
      Open
    • Bannockburn Primary School
    Days Lane Primary School
    Distance
    847 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Days Lane Primary School
    Distance
    847 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Crown Woods College
    Distance
    1000 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Harris Academy Falconwood
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Westwood College
    Distance
    1.2 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Charlton Athletic Community Trust Youth
    Distance
    1.2 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    SE18 1HE
    Status
    Open