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Holy Cross Catholic Primary School[1]

Primary · ages 3–11

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Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 83% 83% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
83% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
10% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score
107 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score
107 2024/25[2]
All results, 2021/22
Not published[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2023/24 62%[4] 10%[4] 105[4] 105[4]
2022/23 68%[5] 11%[5] 106[5] 105[5]
2018/19 86%[6] 7%[6] 107[6] 107[6]
2017/18 73%[7] 0%[7] 107[7] 106[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
10 May 2023[8]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[8]
Report published
2 Jul 2023[8]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[8]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Outstanding[8]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
6 Dec 2016[9] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[9] Outstanding[9]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
3.0 Entry Sept 2026[10]
Applications (any preference)
89 Entry Sept 2026[10]
First preferences
36 Entry Sept 2026[10]
Places offered
30 Entry Sept 2026[10]
First preferences per place
1.2 Entry Sept 2026[10]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 106[10] 33[10] 30[10] 3.5[10] 1.1[10]
Entry Sept 2024 129[10] 40[10] 30[10] 4.3[10] 1.3[10]
Entry Sept 2023 135[10] 39[10] 30[10] 4.5[10] 1.3[10]
Entry Sept 2022 131[10] 52[10] 30[10] 4.4[10] 1.7[10]

Character & practicalities

Type
Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages
3–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Roman Catholic[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
210[1]
Local authority
Lewisham[1]
Website
www.holycross.lewisham.sch.uk/[1]
District
Lewisham[11]
Postcode
SE6 2LD[1]
URN
100739[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
238 2024/25[12]
English as an additional language
62.2% 2024/25[12]
SEN support
13.9% 2024/25[12]
EHC plan
5.9% 2024/25[12]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
22.1% 2024/25[12]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
26.8%[13]
Mixed
20.8%[13]
Asian
10.8%[13]
Black
34.2%[13]
Any other ethnic group
3%[13]
Unclassified
4.3%[13]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
    This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2016/17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.