Dalmain Primary School
Primary schoolDalmain Primary School is a primary school in Lewisham, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 381 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 12 November 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 71% of pupils at Dalmain Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 68% in Lewisham and 62% in England.
23% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Lewisham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 71% | 68% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 23% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107 | 106 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- St William of York Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), October 2022. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)310 m
- Kilmorie Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2024. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)600 m
- Stillness Junior SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, December 2024. 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)720 m
- Stillness Infant SchoolPrimary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met720 m
- Perrymount Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)770 m
- Rathfern Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 82% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)800 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Lewisham
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).