Our Lady of Grace Catholic Primary School
General Information
- Address: 16 Highcombe, Charlton, London, SE7 7HR – View on map
- Phone: 02088582262
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Sean Small
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 64 families put it first for 60 places – 11 for every 10 places. 84% 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 9 · 2024 11 · 2025 10 · 2026 11
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 89
- % eligible for free school meals: 21.4%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Greenwich average)
- English as an additional language: 18% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 31.6% a year (Greenwich 17.6%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 28% moved to another school, 72% 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: 3.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 3.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 2.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Outstanding 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 87% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 45% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 15 percentage points above the Greenwich average (72%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 86% against an expected 66%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 86%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 97% · Writing 87% · Maths 97% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 95%
- Average test scores: reading 111, maths 112
- Based on: 60 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: joint 3rd of 62 junior and primary schools in the area
- #2St Patrick's Catholic Primary School88%
- =3Alderwood Primary School87%
- =3Our Lady of Grace Catholic Primary School87%
- #5Wingfield Primary School85%
- #6Sherington Primary School84%
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3rd of 45 primary schools in Greenwich for Ofsted rating
- #1Foxfield Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #2Heronsgate Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #3Our Lady of Grace Catholic Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #4St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #5St Peter's Catholic Primary SchoolOutstanding
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,553 (2024-25)
53rd of 62 primary schools in Greenwich for spending per pupil
- #51Plumcroft Primary School£7,645
- #52South Rise Primary School£7,628
- #53Our Lady of Grace Catholic Primary School£7,553
- #54Brooklands Primary School£7,522
- #55Bannockburn Primary School£7,342
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