Brunswick Park Primary School, London
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
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
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 GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from April 2019, 7 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
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 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
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?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Latest from Brunswick Park Primary School
BPFA Fundraising
13 Jul 2026
Year 3 and the Philharmonia Orchestra
11 Jul 2026
Carnival!
11 Jul 2026
Playing for London Rocks!
27 Jun 2026
Secondary Schools: Year 5
27 Jun 2026
UNICEF Rights Respecting Schools Silver Award
13 Jun 2026
From Brunswick Park Primary School's website. School Signal is not affiliated with the school.
Social & online
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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 milesOfsted, 29 April 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Smart childcare services - Day nursery, 0.1 miles
- Nicki Day Nursery Ltd - Day nursery, 0.2 milesOfsted, 13 March 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Mini Treasures Nursery - Day nursery, 0.3 milesOfsted, 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)
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Brunswick Park Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Brunswick Park Primary School is in Southwark; for families living there:
- Southwark's school travel policy: travel assistance policy
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.
Commute and house prices
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
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)
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.
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
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
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
5.4%
Overall absence
14.0%
Persistent absence
364
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Brunswick Park Primary School
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)