Grinling Gibbons Primary School, London

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care until 6:00pm, from £10 per session.

Coming up: an open day on Thursday 19 November 2026, an open day on Thursday 10 December 2026 and an open day on Thursday 7 January 2027. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils at Grinling Gibbons Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 73% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 80% and 78% in Lewisham and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 71% in reading and 89% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 18 families put Grinling Gibbons Primary School as their first choice and 49 named it as one of their preferences, for 19 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Grinling Gibbons Primary School are St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 81% reading, 88% maths); Tidemill Academy (0.4 miles, Good, 85% reading, 88% maths); Childeric Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 81% reading, 77% maths); and Deptford Park Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 71% reading, 74% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Grinling Gibbons Primary School.

34.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 38.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (60%), other ethnic groups (10%) and White British (9%).

In 2026, 27 pupils (13%) received SEN support and 14 (6.7%) 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.

Grinling Gibbons Primary School has a resourced provision for other difficulties or disabilities: 20 places, 16 pupils on roll.

Grinling Gibbons Primary School had 8 teachers in 2026, one for every 25 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Deptford, about 360 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Sayes Court (->e), 110 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Grinling Gibbons Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Grinling Gibbons Primary School issued 8 suspensions, 3.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Grinling Gibbons Primary School are Deptford Green School (0.4 miles) and Addey and Stanhope School (0.5 miles).