Side by side
Grinling Gibbons Primary School and Tidemill Academy
The published facts for both schools, each with its source. Where a school or the government has not published something, the cell says so. We do not name a winner.
What differs
- Grinling Gibbons Primary School has 208 pupils; Tidemill Academy has 427.
- The two schools are 0.4 miles apart in a straight line.
Facts side by side
| Fact | Grinling Gibbons Primary School | Tidemill Academy |
|---|---|---|
| The basics | ||
| Type | State-funded: Community school DfE register | State-funded: Academy converter DfE register |
| Ages | 3 to 11 DfE register | 3 to 11 DfE register |
| Gender | Mixed DfE register | Mixed DfE register |
| Pupils | 208 DfE register | 427 DfE register |
| Borough | Lewisham DfE register | Lewisham DfE register |
| Boarding | No DfE register | No DfE register |
| Admissions policy | Not published | Non-selective DfE register |
| Admissions for 2027 | ||
| Next deadline to apply or register | 15 January 2027 (open) school or council page | 15 January 2027 (open) school or council page |
| Applications and places, last round | 18 first preferences for 19 places DfE, September 2026 entry | 50 first preferences for 56 places DfE, September 2026 entry |
| Cost | ||
| Published day fees | No tuition fees (state-funded) | No tuition fees (state-funded) |
| Inspection | ||
| Latest inspection | Ofsted graded inspection, 21 September 2022: Good at that inspection Ofsted | Ofsted graded inspection, 9 November 2022: Good at that inspection Ofsted |
| Results | ||
| Key stage 2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% (2024/25) DfE | 76% (2024/25) DfE |
| Pupils | ||
| Eligible for free school meals | 34.6% DfE register | 44.7% DfE register |
| English as an additional language | 41.9% school census 2024/25 | 39.1% school census 2024/25 |
| Receiving SEN support | 12.2% school census 2024/25 | 19% school census 2024/25 |
| Pupils per teacher | 36.2 DfE workforce census | 17.8 DfE workforce census |
| Overall absence | 7.4% DfE, 2024/25 | 5.2% DfE, 2024/25 |
DfE register: Get Information About Schools, daily extract as at 2026-10-07. Other sources are named in each cell; every figure links to its source on the school's own page.
Shaded cells differ between the two schools. A blank is not a weakness: it means the figure has not been published, or does not apply to that type of school. Fees and results are not comparable between state and independent schools.