Deansfield Primary School
General Information
- Address: Dairsie Road, Eltham, London, SE9 1XP – View on map
- Phone: 02088501218
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Karen Baldwin
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 84 families put it first for 60 places – 14 for every 10 places. 71% of them were offered a place. 1 of the 60 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 11 · 2024 11 · 2025 12 · 2026 14
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 50
- % eligible for free school meals: 11.2%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (less mixed than the Greenwich average)
- English as an additional language: 20% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 14% a year (Greenwich 17.6%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 34% moved to another school, 66% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Greenwich: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 4 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Greenwich, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 7.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 11 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 9 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Profound and multiple learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2025 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 91% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 27% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 19 percentage points above the Greenwich average (72%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 80% against an expected 69%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 80%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 91% · Writing 95% · Maths 96% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 87%
- Average test scores: reading 109, maths 110
- Based on: 55 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: 1st of 62 junior and primary schools in the area
- #1Deansfield Primary School91%
- #2St Patrick's Catholic Primary School88%
- =3Alderwood Primary School87%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,533 (2024-25)
61st of 62 primary schools in Greenwich for spending per pupil
- #59St Mary's Catholic Primary School£7,026
- #60Halstow Primary School£6,877
- #61Deansfield Primary School£6,533
- #62Notre Dame Catholic Primary School£3,284
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