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Turnham Academy[1]

Primary · ages 3–11

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Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 88% 88% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
88% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
24% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score
106 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score
111 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 83%[4] 9%[4] 109[4] 107[4]
2022/23 74%[5] 12%[5] 104[5] 107[5]
2018/19 74%[6] 7%[6] 105[6] 107[6]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
11 Oct 2022[7]
Type
Academy First Section 5[7]
Report published
28 Nov 2022[7]
Personal development
Good[7]
Quality of education
Good[7]
Overall effectiveness
Good[7]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[7]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[7]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Good[7]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[7]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
2.6 Entry Sept 2026[8]
Applications (any preference)
53 Entry Sept 2026[8]
First preferences
19 Entry Sept 2026[8]
Places offered
20 Entry Sept 2026[8]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[8]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 50[8] 18[8] 18[8] 2.8[8] 1.0[8]
Entry Sept 2024 31[8] 12[8] 13[8] 2.4[8] 0.9[8]
Entry Sept 2023 45[8] 17[8] 19[8] 2.4[8] 0.9[8]
Entry Sept 2022 50[8] 22[8] 23[8] 2.2[8] 1.0[8]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
3–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
576[1]
Trust
STEP ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Lewisham[1]
Website
https://turnhamacademy.org/[1]
District
Lewisham[9]
Postcode
SE4 2HH[1]
URN
146100[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
171 2024/25[10]
English as an additional language
31% 2024/25[10]
SEN support
13.5% 2024/25[10]
EHC plan
4.7% 2024/25[10]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
56.1% 2024/25[10]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
16.1%[11]
Mixed
17.3%[11]
Asian
4.2%[11]
Black
58.9%[11]
Any other ethnic group
1.8%[11]
Unclassified
1.8%[11]

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. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. 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.