St Winifred's RC Primary School
Newstead Road, Lee, London, SE12 0SJOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
St Winifred's RC Primary School is a primary school in Lewisham for ages 3 to 11. It is one of the 94 schools in Lewisham. It ranks 36th of 63 primary schools in Lewisham. Its latest Ofsted rating is Good, from an inspection in October 2018.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 10 October 2018, report published 5 November 2018
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years provision
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 15 May 2024
This is a happy, positive learning community for pupils. Pupils enjoy being at school and make positive progress. Pupils' experience reflects the school's core rules: to be 'ready, respectful, safe'. Leaders have high expectations for pupils in all areas of their learning, starting in the early years. Pupils work hard and want to do well. They behave sensibly, are polite and show positive attitudes towards their learning. Pupils understand their responsibility to behave with kindness and respect. This is underpinned by the school's Catholic ethos. Pupils said that bullying is not tolerated. On the rare occasions bullying does happen, staff deal with it quickly. This helps to ensure that pupils are kept safe and feel safe in school. One pupil summed up the view held by many: 'We know to be kind to each other here'. All subjects contribute to the school's wide enrichment offer. There is an impressive range of sports available, including archery, and strong arts provision. A significant number of pupils benefit from individual music tuition. Pupils are successfully prepared for their next steps at secondary school. By the end of Year 6, they have a well-developed body of knowledge in a range of subjects, especially reading and mathematics.
What the school should improve
- A few subjects are at an earlier stage of design and implementation in the school's review of the curriculum. In these instances, assessment is not used precisely to check what pupils know. As a result, errors are not consistently identified or addressed, leading to tasks being set that do not focus on the key knowledge still to be embedded. This results in gaps in some pupils' understanding. The school should ensure that staff have sufficient subject knowledge across the curriculum to check pupils' understanding so that adaptations can be made where needed.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
49 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
350 pupils on roll, with places for 420
Schools near St Winifred's RC Primary School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baring Primary School | 0.3 miles | Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding | 54% met the expected standard |
| Brindishe Manor School | 0.4 miles | Ofsted: Outstanding | 75% met the expected standard |
| Brindishe Lee School | 0.4 miles | Ofsted: Good | 79% met the expected standard |
| Sandhurst Primary School | 0.6 miles | Ofsted: Good | 67% met the expected standard |
| Brindishe Green School | 0.7 miles | Ofsted: Good | 69% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Sector
- Local authority maintained
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery classes
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Ms Claire Gillespie
- Phone
- 02088578792
- Address
- Newstead Road, Lee, London, SE12 0SJ
- Local authority
- Lewisham
- URN
- 142456
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.