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Brunswick Park Primary School, London

Good
Primary
Community school
Mixed
Ages 3–11

Brunswick Park Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in London. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in April 2019. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in November 2024 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 439th-highest of the 959 schools in London with published results, and 3,885th of 14,452 across England. It was 74% full in 2025.

SATs results
Above England average
Ofsted
Good (2019)
Demand
Oversubscribed
Attendance
In line with England
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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 75 days

Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Southwark (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.

Data last updated 1 Nov 2026

Brunswick Park Primary School in detail

Brunswick Park Primary School in its own words

In its own words: "Brunswick Park serves a diverse community - ethnically, and increasingly economically and socially - that historically has experienced significant disadvantage. Our mission is to equip Brunswick’s children with the knowledge and skills to live in modern society as good, responsible citizens, able and willing to contribute, support and understand others equally. Relationships are key to us realising our mission."

From the headteacher's welcome: "Children, staff and governors have worked together to explore our core values and beliefs about the role of primary school in the development of young children into young people ready and prepared for the demands of living well and successfully in society. Good relationships throughout the school are fundamental to a positive ethos."

Coming up: an open day on Friday 13 November 2026 and an open day on Tuesday 24 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

All school open days in Southwark

Vision and values (school website)Headteacher's welcome (school website)Open days on the school's site (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

In 2025, 84% of Year 6 pupils at Brunswick Park Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 84% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 81% and 80% in Southwark and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (78% in reading, 85% in maths).

Getting a place at Brunswick Park Primary School

For September 2026 entry, 41 families put Brunswick Park Primary School as their first choice and 126 named it as one of their preferences, for 60 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 2 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Admissions history and your chances at Brunswick Park Primary School

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Brunswick Park Primary School are St George's Church of England Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 69% reading, 73% maths); St Joseph's Catholic Infants School (0.4 miles, Good); St Joseph's Catholic Junior School (0.4 miles, Good, 71% reading, 83% maths); and Angel Oak Academy (0.4 miles, Outstanding, 93% reading, 95% maths).

Brunswick Park Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

St George's Church of England Primary SchoolSt Joseph's Catholic Infants SchoolSt Joseph's Catholic Junior SchoolAngel Oak Academy

What parents say

62 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Brunswick Park Primary School (as of September 2025): 94% would recommend the school, 94% say their child is happy there and 82% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (97%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (82%).

Who goes there

44.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 31.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (39%), Mixed (19%) and White British (17%).

Brunswick Park Primary School has a resourced provision for autism: 14 places, 17 pupils on roll.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Denmark Hill Rail Station, about 1100 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cottage Green, 280 metres away.

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, Brunswick Park Primary School issued 4 suspensions, 0.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to Brunswick Park Primary School are Sacred Heart Catholic School (0.4 miles), Ark All Saints Academy (0.5 miles), Saint Gabriel's College (0.6 miles) and Ark Walworth Academy (0.7 miles).

Sacred Heart Catholic SchoolArk All Saints AcademySaint Gabriel's CollegeArk Walworth Academy

Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Offered a place in 2026 (~1.1km)Unlikely (~1.4km)

Southwark published that the last place for 2026 entry went to a family 1,052 metres away (straight line). The cut-off moves every year.

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mrs Susannah Bellingham
Pupils:415
LA:Southwark
Phone:02075259033
Address:Picton Street, Camberwell, London, SE5 7QH
Status:open
Opened:1 September 1998

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 2 years ago

This judgement is from April 2019, 7 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.

-

Overall

Good

Quality of Education

Outstanding

Behaviour & Attitudes

Outstanding

Personal Development

Good

Leadership & Management

Good

Early Years

Inspected 26 November 2024View full report
URN:131843
UKPRN:10076694
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

From Ofsted's November 2024 inspection report.

What This School Does Well

Brunswick Park Primary delivers high academic standards while creating a warm, family-like community where every child is known and supported. The school excels at developing confident, kind pupils through excellent personal development programmes, leadership opportunities from early years onwards, and strong teaching in reading and mathematics. Pupils benefit from enriching educational visits and extracurricular activities that bring learning to life across the whole curriculum.

Key Strengths

  • Outstanding behaviour and attitudes - pupils are considerate, respectful, and work enthusiastically in class
  • Outstanding personal development programme - excellent preparation for next steps with focus on health, wellbeing, and online safety
  • Strong reading curriculum with well-embedded phonics teaching and daily engaging reading sessions
  • Ambitious curriculum for all pupils including those with SEND, with mainstream integration wherever possible
  • Very wide range of carefully planned educational visits each half term to enrich learning across the curriculum

Areas for Improvement

  • Teachers do not always identify gaps in pupils' knowledge and skills quickly enough, so teaching is not always adapted effectively to address these gaps
  • School is still refining and improving curriculum design in a few subjects and some aspects of early years provision

Safeguarding

Safeguarding arrangements are effective with school creating an open and positive culture around safeguarding that prioritises pupils' interests.

Extracurricular Activities

Gymnastics, arts and crafts, dance, singing or instrumental music in annual concerts, art gallery visits, work with professional artist in residence, community service visits, school and eco-councils

Brunswick Park Primary School is a community primary school in Camberwell, London, with high academic expectations where pupils respond well and parents describe it as having a strong family-like atmosphere. The school maintains a broad curriculum with particularly strong outcomes in reading, writing, and mathematics.

At a Glance

44.8%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

Resourced provision: Autism

SEN Provision

No

Special Measures

What Parents Think

62 responses
Would recommend94%
Child is happy94%
Child does well92%
High expectations94%
Feels safe97%
Well behaved92%
Bullying dealt with (of parents with a view)82%
Kept informed86%
Handles concerns (of parents who raised one)88%
Wider development92%

Source: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading+6ppMaths-1ppWriting+8pp

Reading has improved from 78% to 84% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 84% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 78% to 86% (2024 to 2025).

Class Sizes

24.4

Avg class size

23.6

Infant (KS1)

24.9

KS2

17

Total classes

2025/26 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

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Before and after school care

Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Brunswick Park Primary School.

  • Junior Adventures Group @ Camberwell430m away · Not yet graded
  • ABC at St Georges Primary School440m away · Not yet graded
  • Bethwin Road Playground560m away · Not yet graded
  • Camberwell After School Project590m away · Ofsted: Good
  • Bananarama Daycare700m away · Not yet graded
  • Bestway International Christian Centre780m away · Not yet graded

Nurseries

The Play Shelter After School Club @ Brunswick Park is at Brunswick Park Primary School.

The nearest nurseries and pre-schools to Brunswick Park Primary School, with their latest published grades:

  • Fruit Tree Day Nursery - Day nursery, under 0.1 miles
    Ofsted, 29 April 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Smart childcare services - Day nursery, 0.1 miles
  • Nicki Day Nursery Ltd - Day nursery, 0.2 miles
    Ofsted, 13 March 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Mini Treasures Nursery - Day nursery, 0.3 miles
    Ofsted, 5 January 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Rosiah Childcare - Day nursery, 0.3 miles

Term dates

Brunswick Park Primary School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Southwark. Training (INSET) days, when pupils are not in school, vary by school: check the school's own calendar.

2027 to 2028

  • Autumn term: Wednesday 1 September to Friday 17 December 2027 (half term Monday 25 October to Friday 29 October 2027)
  • Spring term: Tuesday 4 January to Friday 31 March 2028 (half term Monday 14 February to Friday 18 February 2028)
  • Summer term: Tuesday 18 April to Friday 21 July 2028 (half term Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028)

Source: Southwark term dates

Getting There

Bus Stops

Cottage Green (Stop F)
282m · 5 min walk
Medlar Street (Stop B)
355m · 6 min walk
Wyndham Road / Camberwell Road (Stop U)
379m · 6 min walk
St George's Way / Burgess Park (Stop G)
392m · 6 min walk
Sedgmoor Place (Stop A)
414m · 7 min walk

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Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
181
Fatal
0
Serious
29
Children hurt
11

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 181 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 29 serious and 152 slight.

11 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 8 in a vehicle or otherwise.

29 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.

The typical figure for schools in Southwark is 154.5 (the median across 122 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight are DfT estimates (severity adjustment). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Your chances of a place at Brunswick Park Primary School

Will you get a place at Brunswick Park Primary School?

Southwark published that the last place at Brunswick Park Primary School offered on distance for 2026 entry went to a family 1,052 metres away. For 2026 entry it had 41 first choices for 60 places. The report sets your home postcode against these figures.

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

74%

Available places

390 pupils

525 places

135 spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Across Southwark council

Low demand council-wide0.72 applications per place

Places available

3,137

Applications

2,248

Got 1st preference

84.3%

Got preferred school

98.0%

All primary applications across Southwark council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Oversubscribed

Future places in the local planning area

DfE estimates the Camberwell Primary planning area (Southwark) will have 1,588 spare primary places in 2027/28.

Source: Department for Education, School capacity: Academic year 2024/25 (published 19 March 2026), estimates of future school place demand by planning area. Council pupil forecasts against reported places, counting places councils and DfE plan to add or remove; rounded to whole places. Explore Education Statistics

Inspection History(10)

26 November 2024
Quality of EducationGood
Behaviour & AttitudesOutstanding
Personal DevelopmentOutstanding
Leadership & ManagementGood
Early YearsGood
3 November 2020
24 April 2019
Leadership & ManagementGood

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

79

SEN Support

20

EHC Plans

23.9%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

Brunswick Park Primary School has a resourced provision for autism: 14 places, 17 pupils on roll.

Source: GIAS, Department for Education.

Resourced Provision

Pupils by Need Type

Autistic Spectrum Disorder32
Speech, Language & Communication23
Social, Emotional & Mental Health8
Specific Learning Difficulty2
Physical Disability2
Other2
Moderate Learning Difficulty1
Hearing Impairment1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
17.3%
Asian
8.6%
Black
39.0%
Mixed
19.1%
Other
6.7%
Unclassified
3.6%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals44.8%
English as Additional Language31.8%

415

Total Pupils

193

Boys

222

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

18

Teachers

23.1:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£63,554

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£7,322

Per pupil

£3311k

Total funding

£289k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£518,861
EAL funding£47,450
Lump sum£190,342

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

5.4%

Overall absence

14.0%

Persistent absence

364

Enrolments

Authorised4.3%
Unauthorised1.2%
Persistent (10%+)14.0%
Severe (50%+)0.3%

Absence trend

3.6%
18/19
4.2%
20/21
5.6%
21/22
7.3%
22/23
6.1%
23/24
5.4%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about Brunswick Park Primary School

What are SATs results like at Brunswick Park Primary School?

Of the pupils at Brunswick Park Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 84% reached the expected standard in reading and 84% did so in maths.

What is Brunswick Park Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Brunswick Park Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in November 2024, was ungraded. At its last graded inspection, in April 2019, it was rated Good.

How close to Brunswick Park Primary School do you need to live?

Southwark published for September 2026 entry that the last place offered at Brunswick Park Primary School on distance went to a family 1052 metres away.

Is it hard to get a place at Brunswick Park Primary School?

Brunswick Park Primary School was not full in 2025: it ran at 74% of its 525 places.

How big are the classes at Brunswick Park Primary School?

Classes at Brunswick Park Primary School average 24.4 pupils (2025/26).

How many pupils go to Brunswick Park Primary School?

Brunswick Park Primary School has around 415 pupils on roll. 45% are eligible for free school meals.

Does Brunswick Park Primary School have specialist SEN provision?

Brunswick Park Primary School has a resourced provision for autism: 14 places, 17 pupils on roll.

What is attendance like at Brunswick Park Primary School?

5.4% of sessions were missed at Brunswick Park Primary School in 2024/25. 14% of pupils were persistently absent.

Does Brunswick Park Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?

Ofsted's childcare register lists 6 out-of-school clubs within a kilometre of Brunswick Park Primary School: Junior Adventures Group @ Camberwell (430m away, registered, not yet graded), ABC at St Georges Primary School (440m away, registered, not yet graded) and Bethwin Road Playground (560m away, registered, not yet graded).

What are Brunswick Park Primary School's term dates?

Brunswick Park Primary School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Southwark. In 2027 to 2028: Autumn term: Wednesday 1 September to Friday 17 December 2027 (half term Monday 25 October to Friday 29 October 2027); Spring term: Tuesday 4 January to Friday 31 March 2028 (half term Monday 14 February to Friday 18 February 2028); Summer term: Tuesday 18 April to Friday 21 July 2028 (half term Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028).

How many road collisions happen near Brunswick Park Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 181 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 29 serious and 152 slight. 11 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 8 in a vehicle or otherwise. 29 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Southwark is 154.5 (the median across 122 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Brunswick Park Primary School?

Brunswick Park Primary School is at Picton Street, Camberwell, London, SE5 7QH.

Sources: Southwark admissions booklet; Southwark term dates; Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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