Ashmole Primary School
Primary · Community school · Mixed · Lambeth
Ashmole Street, London, SW8 1NT
67
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding
No graded inspection
Application demand
71%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
95.0%
14.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
223
Capacity used
Nearly full99%
225 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
71%
1st preference success rate
27 of 38 families who put it first got an offer
30
Places offered
126
Total applications
4.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 38 | 27 | ● 71% |
| 2nd preference | 36 | 3 | ● 8% |
| 3rd preference | 21 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 31 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 126 | 30 | 24% |
1st preference success by year
Lambeth lets families list 6 preferences. 26 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Cordelia Cooper
- Address
- Ashmole Street, London, SW8 1NT
- Phone
- 02077352419
- Local authority
- Lambeth
- Ward / constituency
- Oval · Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 100556
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 26% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 39% | — | — |
| SEN support | 11% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
223 pupils · 225 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
29 June 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 181 pupils
Attendance
95.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
5.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
14.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
1.1%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.1%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
Primary results (Key Stage 2)
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 67% | — | — |
| Higher standard | 19% | — | — |
| Reading progress | — | — | 0.0 |
| Writing progress | — | — | 0.0 |
| Maths progress | — | — | 0.0 |
Primary results by subject (SATs)
Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England
Reading, writing & maths combined
Reading
Writing
Maths
Grammar, punctuation & spelling
Science
England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).
Primary results over time
Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Expected standard (RWM) | 56% | 61% |
| Higher standard | 7% | 8% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.