Drumbeat School and ASD Service
Special schoolDrumbeat School and ASD Service is a special school in Lewisham, for pupils aged 4 to 19. It had 298 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Improved significantly, October 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Improved significantly, 23 October 2024
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, 0% of pupils at Drumbeat School and ASD Service met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 68% in Lewisham and 62% in England.
0% 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 | 0% | 68% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 85 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 81 | 106 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Lewisham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | Does not apply to this school | 46.9 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 47.9% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 65.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 22 | – | – |
- Drumbeat School and ASD Service teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- 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.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 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- Haberdashers' Knights PrimaryPrimary. Good (overall), December 2023. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)260 m
- Haberdashers' Knights AcademySecondary. School remains Good, January 2023. Attainment 8 of 42.7 (2025/26, provisional)580 m
- Greenvale SchoolSpecial. School remains Outstanding, November 2023600 m
- Forster Park Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)620 m
- Good Shepherd RC SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)700 m
- Launcelot Primary School and NurseryPrimary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)700 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).