Community school · Primary
London · SE23 2SP · Lewisham
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 100700
Rathfern Primary School
Community school · London · SE6 4NL
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
484
Local authority
Lewisham
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 3–11, in London, Lewisham, 484 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 21.2%.
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Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 100700
Location
- Address
- Rathfern Road, Catford
- Postcode
- SE6 4NL
- Town
- London
- Local authority
- Lewisham
- District
- Lewisham
- Constituency
- Lewisham East
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 484
- Boys / girls
- 238 / 246
- School capacity
- 515
- Capacity fill
- 484 / 515 (94%)
- Free school meals
- 21.2%
- FSM pupils
- 99
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Naheeda Maharasingam
- Telephone
- 02086903759
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Expected standard
Inspection date
2026-01-20
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 67%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 5%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 108.0