Lucas Vale Primary School is a primary school located in London. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 13/03/2019. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading is average, progress in maths is below average, progress in writing is well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.5%, which is 0.5 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Thornville Street, London

School Information

Address: Thornville Street, London, SE8 4QB
Website: http://www.lucasvale.lewisham.sch.uk
Telephone: 02086924660
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Lewisham
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Mickey Kelly
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 100695

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 13/03/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 480
Number of Pupils: 330
Number of Boys: 149
Number of Girls: 181

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 6.3% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Below Average: -1.8 Confidence interval -3.6 to 0.1
Writing
Well Below Average: -8.1 Confidence interval -9.8 to -6.4
Maths
Below Average: -2.3 Confidence interval -4 to -0.7

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:40%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:4%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:103
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:105
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Rachel McMillan Nursery School and Children's Centre
McMillan Street , Deptford SE8 3EH
4out of 4 1,227 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Clyde Nursery School.
Alverton Street , Deptford SE8 5NH
4out of 4 1,582 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Chelwood Nursery School
Chelwood Walk , Turnham Road SE4 2QQ
4out of 4 1,930 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Nell Gwynn Nursery School
Meeting House Lane , SE15 2TT
3out of 4 2,769 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Robert Owen Nursery School
43 Commerell Street , Greenwich SE10 0EA
4out of 4 3,266 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Lucas Vale Primary School
Thornville Street , SE8 4QB
2out of 4 0 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Myatt Garden Primary School
Rokeby Road , Brockley SE4 1DF
3out of 4 293 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Stephen's CofE Primary School
Albyn Road , Deptford SE8 4ED
3out of 4 298 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Ashmead Primary School
Ashmead Road , SE8 4DX
3out of 4 369 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Tidemill Academy
11 Giffin Street , SE8 4RJ
4out of 4 782 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Addey and Stanhope School
472 New Cross Road , New Cross SE14 6TJ
3out of 4 354 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Deptford Green School
Edward Street , New Cross SE14 6AN
2out of 4 1,019 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College
Pepys Road , SE14 5SF
3out of 4 1,245 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Prendergast School
Adelaide Avenue , Brockley SE4 1LE
4out of 4 1,500 yd Voluntary aided school No Girls More About School
St Ursula's Convent School
Crooms Hill , Greenwich SE10 8HN
4out of 4 1,769 yd Voluntary aided school No Girls More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Christ The King Sixth Form College
Belmont Grove , Lewisham SE13 5GE
- not rated 2,162 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Prendergast Vale School
Elmira Street , Lewisham SE13 7BN
3out of 4 1,332 yd Foundation school Yes Mixed More About School
St Matthew Academy
St Joseph's Vale , SE3 0XX
2out of 4 2,330 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Prendergast Ladywell School
Manwood Road , Brockley SE4 1SA
3out of 4 2,676 yd Foundation school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Goldsmiths College, University of London
New Cross , SE14 6NW
- not rated 613 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Trinity Laban
Laban , Creekside SE8 3DZ
- not rated 1,112 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Kings Kids Christian School
100 Woodpecker Road , SE14 6EU
- not rated 1,305 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
TLG Lewisham
1 Cornmill Lane , Elmira Street SE13 7FY
- not rated 1,395 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Newlands Academy
Stuart Road , Peckham Rye SE15 3AZ
3out of 4 2,259 yd Academy special converter Not Applicable Boys More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.