John Donne Primary School | Primary in London, Southwark | Ofsted & DfE

65%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

399

Pupils · 2024/25

45%

EAL · 2024/25

13%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

65%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

399

Pupils · 2024/25

45%

EAL · 2024/25

13%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

65%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

399

Pupils · 2024/25

45%

EAL · 2024/25

13%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 29/11/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authoritySouthwark

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio20.6:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of John Donne Primary School · Primary · Southwark

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How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard

65%

-1pp

86%76%65%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 65%

RWM higher standard

+2pp

15%11%6%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 8%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

73%

Reading higher standard

16%

Writing expected standard

84%

Writing higher standard

12%

Maths expected standard

76%

Maths higher standard

14%

Science expected standard

98%

SPAG expected standard

69%

SPAG higher standard

24%

Reading scaled score

103.0

Maths scaled score

103.0

GPS scaled score

104.0

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

399

Pupil : teacher ratio

20.6

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

45%

FSM eligible

54%

SEN

15%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

13%

Contact

Address

Woods Road, London, SE15 2SW

Local authority

Southwark

Website

www.jdacademy.org.uk

Telephone

02076390594

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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	65%	8%	73%	16%	84%	12%	76%	14%	98%	69%	103.0	103.0	104.0	—	—	—	15%	399
2023/24	66%	6%	74%	17%	81%	6%	79%	21%	96%	81%	104.0	105.0	106.0	—	—	—	16%	395
2022/23	67%	9%	82%	24%	84%	22%	75%	24%	89%	75%	106.0	105.0	104.0	+1.00	+2.80	+1.10	16%	406
2018/19	82%	15%	88%	38%	90%	26%	90%	34%	91%	91%	107.0	106.0	109.0	+2.20	+1.70	+1.00	13%	487
2017/18	86%	10%	90%	54%	90%	16%	90%	30%	92%	94%	109.0	107.0	109.0	+4.10	+1.20	+2.90	13%	484
2016/17	80%	10%	93%	42%	85%	17%	93%	25%	90%	83%	108.0	107.0	105.0	+5.50	+2.20	+3.60	13%	499

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	399	21.8	15%	45%	54%	5%	13%
2023/24	395	20.5	16%	50%	54%	5%	12%
2022/23	406	23.1	16%	43%	50%	6%	23%
2021/22	413	20.2	16%	46%	50%	6%	16%
2020/21	434	20.2	14%	51%	42%	—	—
2018/19	487	19.0	13%	41%	43%	4%	6%
2017/18	484	21.7	13%	44%	43%	3%	7%
2016/17	499	19.2	13%	51%	43%	3%	6%