St Margaret's Lee CofE Primary School, London
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
St Margaret's Lee is an outstanding school where every child is known extremely well and receives exceptional care and support. Teachers are consistently excellent at planning lessons that help all children, including those who find learning harder, make rapid progress. The school creates a vibrant learning environment where pupils love coming to school, behave impeccably, and develop into mature, confident young people well prepared for their next stage of education.
Key Strengths
- Consistently outstanding teaching across all areas of the school with excellent subject knowledge and precise planning for all groups of pupils
- Outstanding pupil achievement with rapid progress in all year groups and high standards of attainment at the end of Year 6
- Exceptional care and support for vulnerable pupils, those with disabilities, and those with special educational needs who make faster progress than their classmates
- Vibrant and exciting curriculum that develops pupils' social, moral, spiritual and cultural development extremely well
- Outstanding leadership at all levels with inspiring headteacher and deputy headteacher driving continuous improvement
Areas for Improvement
- Share more widely the outstanding expertise in provision, teaching and leadership to promote improvement in other schools and settings
Safeguarding
The school's procedures for ensuring that pupils are safe and secure are outstanding.
Extracurricular Activities
Activity centre trips, museum visits, Tower of London visits, morning workout after assembly, wide range of sports and clubs, Sainsbury's School Games gold award holder
St Margaret's Lee Church of England Primary School is an outstanding school where leadership, teaching, and pupil achievement are all rated as outstanding. Pupils make rapid progress in all year groups and reach high standards in reading, writing, and mathematics by the end of Year 6.
At a Glance
19.4%
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 declined from 88% to 81%. Maths has declined from 100% to 85%. Writing has remained stable at around 89%.
Class Sizes
29.1
Avg class size
29.7
Infant (KS1)
28.8
KS2
7
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
98%
Near capacity
206 pupils
210 capacity
4 spare places available
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)
Inspection History(108)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
3.95583%
Overall absence
8.28729%
Persistent absence
181
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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