St Luke's Church of England Primary School
General Information
- Address: Linton Grove, West Norwood, London, SE27 0DZ – View on map
- Phone: 02086701981
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Sophia Bryan-Whyte
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 19 families put it first for 21 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 6 of the 21 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 8 · 2025 8 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 110
- % eligible for free school meals: 56.7%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (similar to the Lambeth average)
- English as an additional language: 46% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 20.9% a year (Lambeth 20.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 33% moved to another school, 67% 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Lambeth: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 8 (0.4 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 Lambeth, 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: 6.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 25.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 20.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 8.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 13 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 12 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 11 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Profound and multiple learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 71% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 17% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Lambeth average (70%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 71% against an expected 56%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 71%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 79% · Writing 88% · Maths 75% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 83%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 104
- Based on: 24 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 25th of 56 junior and primary schools in the area
- =25Clapham Manor Primary School71%
- =25Glenbrook Primary School71%
- =25St Luke's Church of England Primary School71%
- =28Dunraven School70%
- =28St Andrew's Church of England Primary School70%
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35th of 47 primary schools in Lambeth for Ofsted rating
- #33St John's Angell Town Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #34St Jude's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #35St Luke's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #36St Mark's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #37St Saviour's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £10,194 (2024-25)
28th of 56 primary schools in Lambeth for spending per pupil
- #26St John's Angell Town Church of England Primary School£10,312
- #27St Stephen's Church of England Primary School£10,274
- #28St Luke's Church of England Primary School£10,194
- #29Clapham Manor Primary School£10,133
- #30Reay Primary School£9,904
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