Ivydale Primary School
Primary · Community school · Mixed · Southwark
Ivydale Road, London, SE15 3BU
70
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
94.9%
13.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
463
Capacity used
Has space86%
540 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
64 of 64 families who put it first got an offer
73
Places offered
175
Total applications
2.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 64 | 64 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 17 | 4 | ● 24% |
| 3rd preference | 26 | 4 | ● 15% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 68 | 1 | ● 1% |
| Total | 175 | 73 | 42% |
1st preference success by year
Southwark lets families list 6 preferences. 45 applications came from outside the council area (3 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
- Judith Lambert
- Address
- Ivydale Road, Nunhead, London, SE15 3BU
- Phone
- 02076392702
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Ward / constituency
- Peckham Rye · Lewisham West and East Dulwich
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 100796
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 21% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 12% | — | — |
| SEN support | 14% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
463 pupils · 540 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
03 July 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 378 pupils
Attendance
94.9%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
5.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
13.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
0.5%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.5%
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 | 70% | — | — |
| Higher standard | 8% | — | — |
| 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) | 68% | 61% |
| Higher standard | 15% | 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.