St Augustine's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, London
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 3 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
St Augustine's is outstanding at helping children develop as well-rounded individuals with strong values. The school excels at supporting younger children in the early years and provides excellent opportunities for pupils to develop skills in sports, music and the arts. Staff work hard to ensure that all pupils, especially those needing extra help, make good progress from where they start.
Key Strengths
- Outstanding personal development, behaviour and welfare with excellent spiritual, moral, social and cultural learning
- Outstanding early years provision with strong progress for young children
- Effective leadership by headteacher and middle leaders who drive improvements in reading and mathematics
- Good teaching overall with effective support for pupils with special educational needs
- Broad and balanced curriculum including trips, choir performances and sports achievements
Areas for Improvement
- Inconsistencies in teaching quality need to be reduced, particularly in lower key stage 2
- Most able pupils are not always challenged enough to achieve the highest standards
- Curriculum needs further development to inspire pupils to achieve highly across all subjects
- Too few disadvantaged pupils reach the higher standard by the end of key stage 2
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective with strong staff training, a culture of vigilance, and pupils aware of how to keep themselves safe both offline and online.
Extracurricular Activities
Residential trips, choir, ukulele, xylophone, mosaic art, sports competitions including Gold Award for sports development
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School and Nursery is a good school led well by the headteacher through a period of change. The school is particularly strong in pupils' personal development, behaviour and welfare, which is outstanding.
At a Glance
22.9%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 86% to 81%. Maths has declined from 89% to 81%. Writing has declined from 89% to 78%.
Class Sizes
27.5
Avg class size
29.0
Infant (KS1)
27.0
KS2
8
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
103%
Over capacity
216 pupils
210 capacity
6 places over capacity
Area Demand Pressure - London
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Admissions Demand - Lewisham
Places available
3,494
Applications
2,939
Got 1st preference
90.0%
Got preferred school
99.2%
Primary admissions across Lewisham (2025/26)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
5.26164%
Overall absence
13.88889%
Persistent absence
180
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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