Discovery Primary School | School performance

59%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

592

Pupils · 2024/25

33%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

59%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

592

Pupils · 2024/25

33%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

59%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

592

Pupils · 2024/25

33%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 10/11/2021

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityGreenwich

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio19.1:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Discovery Primary School · Primary · Greenwich

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

59%

-10pp

89%74%59%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 59%

RWM higher standard

0pp

26%17%7%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 7%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

62%

Reading higher standard

21%

Writing expected standard

74%

Writing higher standard

20%

Maths expected standard

77%

Maths higher standard

15%

Science expected standard

89%

SPAG expected standard

78%

SPAG higher standard

36%

Reading scaled score

103.0

Maths scaled score

104.0

GPS scaled score

107.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

592

Pupil : teacher ratio

19.1

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

33%

FSM eligible

30%

SEN

40%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

15%

Contact

Address

Battery Road, London, SE28 0JN

Local authority

Greenwich

Website

www.discovery.greenwich.sch.uk/

Telephone

02088552470

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	59%	7%	62%	21%	74%	20%	77%	15%	89%	78%	103.0	104.0	107.0	—	—	—	40%	592
2023/24	69%	7%	72%	32%	84%	24%	86%	14%	91%	78%	104.0	104.0	107.0	—	—	—	35%	638
2022/23	85%	18%	87%	41%	86%	28%	87%	32%	90%	86%	109.0	108.0	110.0	+2.90	+2.40	+3.00	33%	648
2018/19	89%	26%	93%	43%	94%	33%	98%	64%	98%	98%	108.0	111.0	113.0	+2.10	+1.30	+4.00	26%	699
2017/18	69%	15%	76%	29%	83%	20%	77%	33%	85%	81%	105.0	106.0	110.0	-0.80	-0.10	+0.20	20%	714
2016/17	86%	14%	91%	20%	91%	29%	89%	45%	91%	98%	106.0	109.0	112.0	+0.50	+2.00	+3.60	13%	707

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	592	20.7	40%	33%	30%	5%	15%
2023/24	638	21.0	35%	33%	29%	5%	14%
2022/23	648	21.7	33%	37%	29%	6%	17%
2021/22	642	22.8	24%	36%	24%	6%	15%
2020/21	667	22.2	24%	38%	18%	—	—
2018/19	699	22.1	26%	39%	16%	4%	9%
2017/18	714	24.1	20%	40%	19%	4%	11%
2016/17	707	23.1	13%	44%	20%	3%	8%