Dawlish Primary School, London
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 3 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
The school has excellent behaviour and safety practices, with pupils polite, confident and engaged in learning. New leadership through a federation partnership is making rapid improvements to teaching quality and pupil progress. Reading skills are developing particularly well, and the early years provision helps young children make strong progress from their starting points.
Key Strengths
- Strong new leadership through federation partnership is driving rapid improvements in teaching and pupil progress
- Behaviour and safety are good - pupils are polite, well-mannered and confident about keeping themselves safe
- Early years provision is a strength with children making good progress from low starting points
- Reading skills are improving significantly across the school
- Phonics teaching is well-developed
Areas for Improvement
- Academic standards in writing and mathematics remain below national expectations at end of Key Stages 1 and 2
- Teaching of writing does not provide enough opportunities for pupils to extend skills in different contexts
- Achievement gaps between disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged pupils still exist in some parts of school
- Not enough pupils are making accelerated progress needed to catch up to national standards
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective with robust practices in place - school tackles discrimination seriously, works with Prevent team on extremism concerns, and keeps detailed records of referrals.
Extracurricular Activities
Project 360 art initiative, work with artist creating public displays, physical education with specialist coach, themed curriculum activities exploring British values
Dawlish Primary School requires improvement overall. While leadership is now good and improving rapidly, academic standards in reading, writing and mathematics remain below national expectations, particularly at Key Stages 1 and 2.
At a Glance
32.3%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 77% to 83%. Maths has improved from 82% to 92%. Writing has remained stable at around 79%.
Class Sizes
25.7
Avg class size
27.7
Infant (KS1)
24.3
KS2
7
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
75%
Available places
158 pupils
210 capacity
52 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - London
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Admissions Demand - Waltham Forest
Places available
3,688
Applications
3,129
Got 1st preference
90.2%
Got preferred school
98.7%
Primary admissions across Waltham Forest (2025/26)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
6.23001%
Overall absence
14.28571%
Persistent absence
161
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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