Charles Dickens Primary School[1]
Primary · ages 2–11
Headline results
- KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
- KS2 92% 92% 2024/25[2]
Results
Primary (key stage 2)
- Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 92% 2024/25[2]
- Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 34% 2024/25[2]
- Reading, average scaled score
- 109 2024/25[2]
- Maths, average scaled score
- 110 2024/25[2]
Ofsted
- Latest inspection
- 24 Jun 2025[5]
- Type
- Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[5]
- Report published
- 21 Jul 2025[5]
- Safeguarding is effective?
- Yes[5]
- Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
- Standards maintained[5]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Reception
- Applications per place
- 3.8 Entry Sept 2026[6]
- Applications (any preference)
- 222 Entry Sept 2026[6]
- First preferences
- 120 Entry Sept 2026[6]
- Places offered
- 59 Entry Sept 2026[6]
- First preferences per place
- 2.0 Entry Sept 2026[6]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 211[6] | 111[6] | 56[6] | 3.8[6] | 2.0[6] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 209[6] | 105[6] | 58[6] | 3.6[6] | 1.8[6] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 169[6] | 93[6] | 59[6] | 2.9[6] | 1.6[6] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 227[6] | 111[6] | 57[6] | 4.0[6] | 1.9[6] |
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Academy converter[1]
- Ages
- 2–11[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Sixth form
- No[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 420[1]
- Trust
- THE CHARTER SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL TRUST[1]
- Local authority
- Southwark[1]
- Website
- www.charlesdickens.southwark.sch.uk/[1]
- District
- Southwark[7]
- Postcode
- SE1 1AF[1]
- URN
- 148012[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 479 2024/25[8]
- English as an additional language
- 19.4% 2024/25[8]
- SEN support
- 12.7% 2024/25[8]
- EHC plan
- 3.6% 2024/25[8]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 44% 2024/25[8]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 30%[9]
- Mixed
- 22.1%[9]
- Asian
- 5.3%[9]
- Black
- 32.2%[9]
- Any other ethnic group
- 5.1%[9]
- Unclassified
- 5.5%[9]
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
- 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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- 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.
- 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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- 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.