Phoenix Primary School, London
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 1 year agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Phoenix Primary School creates a welcoming, inclusive community where pupils from diverse backgrounds thrive and get on well together. The school excels at supporting disadvantaged pupils and those learning English as an additional language, closing achievement gaps and ensuring all groups succeed. Teaching is engaging and well-paced, with pupils developing strong reading skills and independent learning habits.
Key Strengths
- Pupils achieve good progress from low starting points, with the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their classmates eliminated
- Teaching is good with engaging pace, effective strategies, and strong phonics and reading instruction
- Pupils display excellent behaviour and courtesy, with strong relationships across diverse backgrounds
- Leadership has successfully improved attendance to average levels and ensures continuous teaching quality improvement
- The curriculum provides rich breadth of experiences strengthening pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development
Areas for Improvement
- Not enough outstanding teaching to ensure rapid progress across all year groups, particularly to help more pupils reach higher levels in mathematics
- Teachers mark books diligently but pupils don't always have time to read and act on the feedback given
- Teaching assistants are not deployed effectively during whole-class teaching sessions
- Pupil progress information is not analysed thoroughly enough to identify all opportunities to accelerate achievement
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective - most parents agree the school keeps their child safe, pupils feel safe at school and know steps to take to keep themselves safe.
Extracurricular Activities
breakfast club, after-school club
Phoenix Primary School is a good school serving a diverse community in London with higher than average proportions of pupils eligible for pupil premium funding and speaking English as an additional language. Pupils achieve well, making good progress from often very low starting points to reach broadly average standards by the end of Year 6.
At a Glance
43.5%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
42 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 97% to 88%. Maths has declined from 97% to 92%. Writing has remained stable at around 85%.
Class Sizes
26.7
Avg class size
25.4
Infant (KS1)
27.9
KS2
19
Total classes
2 classes with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
70%
Available places
480 pupils
682 capacity
202 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - London
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for London
Admissions Demand - Southwark
Places available
3,264
Applications
2,205
Got 1st preference
84.7%
Got preferred school
98.6%
Primary admissions across Southwark (2025/26)
Inspection History(13)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
The school's pupil mix - ethnicity breakdown, free school meals eligibility, and English as an additional language. Useful context when evaluating school fit.
Teachers & Staff
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
4.44625%
Overall absence
9.15663%
Persistent absence
415
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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