New figures from the Department for Education show that Greenwich is the highest-ranking borough in south-east London, with 72 per cent of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths during the 2024–2025 academic year.
Lewisham ranked fourth overall in the region, with 68 per cent of pupils reaching the standard.
The borough rankings place Greenwich ahead of Bromley, Southwark, Lewisham and Bexley, giving it the strongest overall performance out of all the boroughs.
Lewisham followed behind Bromley and Southwark, but ranked above Bexley.
In Greenwich, Deansfield Primary School ranked highest, with 91 per cent of pupils meeting the expected standard.
Other schools which feature highly included St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School and Notre Dame Catholic Primary School, both at 88 per cent.
In Lewisham, Haberdashers’ Hatcham Free School led the borough with a score of 90 per cent, followed closely by Turnham Academy at 88 per cent and Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham, at 86 per cent.
The figures show the percentage of pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths during the 2024–2025 academic year.
Schools showing a zero per cent result due to insufficient data have been removed.
Pupils are only counted as meeting the expected standard overall if they achieve the standard in all three subjects.
The expected standard in reading and maths is a scaled score of 100 or above, while writing is assessed by teachers, with pupils judged as “working at the expected standard” or “working at greater depth”.
The deadline to apply for primary school places is January 15, 2026, for entry for the academic year 2026 starting in September.
Here is how each Greenwich and Lewisham school ranked:
Greenwich
- Deansfield Primary School – 91 per cent
- St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School – 88 per cent
- Notre Dame Catholic Primary School – 88 per cent
- Our Lady of Grace Catholic Primary School – 87 per cent
- Alderwood Primary School – 87 per cent
- Wingfield Primary School – 85 per cent
- Sherington Primary School – 84 per cent
- St Mary’s Catholic Primary School – 83 per cent
- Nightingale Primary School – 83 per cent
- Eltham Church of England Primary School – 83 per cent
- Morden Mount Primary School – 83 per cent
- Gordon Primary School – 82 per cent
- Meridian Primary School – 82 per cent
- Rockliffe Manor Primary School – 81 per cent
- Foxfield Primary School – 81 per cent
- Cherry Orchard Primary School – 80 per cent
- Horn Park Primary School – 80 per cent
- Timbercroft Primary School – 80 per cent
- James Wolfe Primary School and Centre for the Deaf – 80 per cent
- Fossdene Primary School – 80 per cent
- Plumcroft Primary School – 79 per cent
- Cardwell Primary School – 79 per cent
- Boxgrove Primary School – 78 per cent
- South Rise Primary School – 78 per cent
- Heronsgate Primary School – 77 per cent
- Millennium Primary School – 77 per cent
- Henwick Primary School – 77 per cent
- Ealdham Primary School – 77 per cent
- De Lucy Primary School – 76 per cent
- Kidbrooke Park Primary School – 75 per cent
- Halstow Primary School – 75 per cent
- St Thomas a Becket Roman Catholic Primary School – 75 per cent
- St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School – 75 per cent
- Greenslade Primary School – 75 per cent
- Hawksmoor School – 74 per cent
- Mulgrave Primary School – 74 per cent
- Wyborne Primary School – 73 per cent
- Thorntree Primary School – 73 per cent
- Bannockburn Primary School – 73 per cent
- Conway Primary School – 73 per cent
- Christ Church Church of England Primary School, Shooters Hill – 73 per cent
- St Peter’s Catholic Primary School – 73 per cent
- Haimo Primary School – 72 per cent
- Alexander McLeod Primary School – 72 per cent
- Eglinton Primary School – 69 per cent
- St Thomas More Catholic Primary School – 69 per cent
- Middle Park Primary School – 68 per cent
- St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School – 68 per cent
- Bishop John Robinson Church of England Primary School – 67 per cent
- St Margaret’s Church of England Primary School – 67 per cent
- Montbelle Primary School – 65 per cent
- Christ Church Church of England Primary School – 65 per cent
- Windrush Charlton Primary School – 65 per cent
- Linton Mead Primary School – 63 per cent
- St Alfege with St Peter’s Church of England Primary School – 63 per cent
- Woodhill Primary School – 63 per cent
- Invicta Primary School – 61 per cent
- Brooklands Primary School – 61 per cent
- Discovery Primary School – 59 per cent
- Windrush Thamesmead Primary School – 57 per cent
- Greenacres Primary School and Language Impairment Unit – 56 per cent
- Charlton Manor Primary School – 48 per cent
- Saint Mary Magdalene Church of England All Through School – 47 per cent
- Waterside School – 27 per cent
Lewisham
- Haberdashers’ Hatcham Free School – 90 per cent
- Turnham Academy – 88 per cent
- Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham – 86 per cent
- Gordonbrock Primary School – 85 per cent
- Eliot Bank Primary School – 85 per cent
- St Matthew Academy – 83 per cent
- Stillness Junior School – 83 per cent
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School – 83 per cent
- St James’s Hatcham Church of England Primary School – 83 per cent
- Rathfern Primary School – 82 per cent
- St Bartholomew’s Church of England Primary School – 80 per cent
- Downderry Primary School – 80 per cent
- Fairlawn Primary School – 80 per cent
- Brindishe Lee School – 79 per cent
- St Margaret’s Lee CofE Primary School – 78 per cent
- Tidemill Academy – 76 per cent
- Ashmead Primary School – 75 per cent
- St George’s CofE Primary School – 75 per cent
- Haberdashers’ Hatcham Primary – 75 per cent
- Brindishe Manor School – 75 per cent
- St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School and Nursery – 74 per cent
- Childeric Primary School – 74 per cent
- Horniman Primary School – 73 per cent
- Haberdashers’ Knights Primary – 73 per cent
- St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School – 73 per cent
- Adamsrill Primary School – 72 per cent
- St William of York Catholic Primary School – 72 per cent
- Edmund Waller Primary School – 72 per cent
- Kelvin Grove Primary School – 72 per cent
- John Ball Primary School – 71 per cent
- Dalmain Primary School – 71 per cent
- Oak Gardens Primary School – 71 per cent
- Myatt Garden Primary School – 71 per cent
- Marvels Lane Primary School – 70 per cent
- Beecroft Garden Primary – 69 per cent
- Brindishe Green School – 69 per cent
- Deptford Park Primary School – 69 per cent
- Forster Park Primary School – 68 per cent
- St John Baptist Southend Church of England Primary School – 68 per cent
- Kender Primary School – 68 per cent
- All Saints’ Church of England Primary School, Blackheath – 67 per cent
- Perrymount Primary School – 67 per cent
- Good Shepherd RC School – 67 per cent
- Sandhurst Primary School – 67 per cent
- Kilmorie Primary School – 66 per cent
- Torridon Primary School – 66 per cent
- Haseltine Primary School – 65 per cent
- Cooper’s Lane Primary School – 62 per cent
- St Michael’s Church of England Primary School – 62 per cent
- John Stainer Community Primary School – 61 per cent
- St Mary’s Lewisham Church of England Primary School – 60 per cent
- St Winifred’s RC Primary School – 59 per cent
- Prendergast Ladywell School – 59 per cent
- Our Lady and St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School – 58 per cent
- Grinling Gibbons Primary School – 57 per cent
- St Saviour’s Catholic Primary School – 57 per cent
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School – 57 per cent
- Holbeach Primary School – 56 per cent
- Prendergast Vale School – 55 per cent
- Baring Primary School – 54 per cent
- Launcelot Primary School and Nursery – 53 per cent
- Rangefield Primary School – 51 per cent
- St Stephen’s CofE Primary School – 50 per cent
- Rushey Green Primary School – 49 per cent
- Elfrida Primary School – 47 per cent
- Athelney Primary School – 43 per cent
- Twin Oaks Primary School – 42 per cent
