Discovery Primary School, London

Ofsted's report card from its 24 February 2026 inspection grades Discovery Primary School on 7 areas: 3 strong standard and 4 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Attendance is positive."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "The school's highly inclusive culture helps pupils to feel that they belong and enables them to succeed in their learning and development."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "The school provides extensive opportunities that enrich pupils' personal development."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Leaders have comprehensive knowledge about every pupil's progress through the curriculum."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The school has an ambitious and well‑structured curriculum that enables pupils to build knowledge and skills over time."

Early years - Expected standard. "The school prioritises building strong foundations for learning."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have an accurate understanding of the school's strengths and areas for development."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to develop pupils' transcription skills as well as ensure that pupils have the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge through consistently high-quality work, especially written work, across all subjects"; "Leaders should continue to ensure that staff consistently maximise opportunities for high-quality interactions with children, so that children develop and deepen their language and vocabulary as securely as possible".

Coming up: an open day on Wednesday 18 November 2026 and an open day on Wednesday 2 December 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils at Discovery Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 77% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 82% and 81% in Greenwich and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 72% in reading and 86% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 64 families put Discovery Primary School as their first choice and 105 named it as one of their preferences, for 59 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 5 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Discovery Primary School are Heronsgate Primary School (0.7 miles, Outstanding, 86% reading, 84% maths); St Thomas A Becket Roman Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 90% reading, 87% maths); De Lucy Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 80% reading, 84% maths); and St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 88% reading, 92% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Discovery Primary School.

64 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Discovery Primary School (as of April 2026): 97% would recommend the school, 98% say their child is happy there and 75% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (98%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (75%).

33.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (53%), Mixed (14%) and White British (11%).

In 2026, 170 pupils (32.5%) received SEN support and 46 (8.8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Discovery Primary School has a resourced provision for autism: 8 places, 8 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Plumstead Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Kentlea Road, 120 metres away.

In 2024/25, Discovery Primary School issued 15 suspensions, 2.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Discovery Primary School are Woolwich Polytechnic School (0.6 miles), Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls (0.6 miles), St Paul's Academy (0.7 miles) and London Design and Engineering UTC (1.3 miles).