Good Shepherd RC School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Primary
- School rating
- Requires improvement Jan 28 2025 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 3 - 11 y.o.
- Type
- Local authority maintained schools
- Funding
- State-funded primary
- Admissions policy
- Not applicable
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Lewisham
- Unique reference
- 100722
- Address
- Moorside Road, Downham, BR1 5EP
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 212 (85% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 45.8%
- Girls
- 54.2%
- First language not English
- 53.3%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 25.9%
- Persistent absence
- 19.4%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 27.8%
African 40.6%
Mixed 12.7%
Caribbean 12.3%
White British 10.4%
Indian 5.2%
Other White 4.2%
Other Asian 3.8%
Unclassified 3.3%
Other Black 2.4%
Chinese 1.9%
Other 1.4%
Irish 0.9%
Irish Traveller 0.5%
Pakistani 0.5%
Exam Results
Primary Results
Progress score in reading, writing and maths
ReadingAverage2.1
WritingAverage-0.9
MathsAbove average2.7
Pupils meeting EXPECTED standard in reading, writing and maths
School 67%
Local authority average 68%
England average 62%
Pupils achieving at a HIGHER standard in reading, writing and maths
School 3%
Local authority average 10%
England average 8%
Average score in reading
School 103
Local authority average 107
England average 106
Average score in maths
School 103
Local authority average 106
England average 105
Admissions
Good Shepherd RC School
- Admission Policy
- n/a
- Total available places
- 27
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 25
- 2nd preference
- 11
- 3rd preference
- 8
- From another Local Authority
- 5
Offers
- 1st preference
- 25
- 2nd preference
- 2
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 2
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 23.3 |
| Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher | 27.7 |
| Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher | 26.8 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Nursery Year 1, Part-time | 1 1 0 |
| Nursery Year 1, Full-time | 1 1 0 |
| Nursery Year 2, Part-time | 9 3 6 |
| Nursery Year 2, Full-time | 11 4 7 |
| Reception, Full-time | 27 9 18 |
| Year 1 | 29 15 14 |
| Year 2 | 27 12 15 |
| Year 3 | 26 12 14 |
| Year 4 | 23 10 13 |
| Year 5 | 29 14 15 |
| Year 6 | 29 16 13 |