State-funded · Primary · Southwark

Robert Browning Primary School

Community school · Ages 3 to 11 · Mixed · 185 pupils

Open Application deadline 15 January 2027

At a glance

Type: Community school (state-funded)
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3 to 11
Gender: Mixed
Pupils: 185 census January 2026
Capacity: 236
Nursery classes: Yes
Headteacher: Ms Katherine Wooder
Address: King and Queen Street, Walworth, London, SE17 1DQ
Borough: Southwark
Telephone: 02077083456
DfE reference (URN): 100809
Website: thebridgesfederation.org.uk

Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026

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Key dates for 2027 entry

Reception (4+)

Application deadlineFriday 15 January 2027Open
National closing date for Reception applications: Friday 15 January 2027. Apply through your home borough's coordinated scheme, not directly to the school.
Source: Your borough's admissions page · checked 9 Oct 2026
National offer dayFriday 16 April 2027Upcoming
Primary National Offer Day: Friday 16 April 2027. Offers are released by your home borough.
Source: Your borough's admissions page · checked 9 Oct 2026
Accept your offerDate not statedDate not stated
Accept the offer by the deadline given in your offer letter; your home borough sets the date.
Source: GOV.UK · checked 9 Oct 2026

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Admissions

You apply through the council where you live, not to the school, naming up to six schools in order on one form. Every applicant on time hears on the same national offer day.

12 first-preference applications and 34 applications naming it at any preference for 13 places offered (September 2026 entry, DfE)

Entry	Places offered	First preferences	All preferences
September 2026	13	12	34
September 2025	9	9	30
September 2024	18	17	38
September 2023	15	13	34

These are counts of applications and offers on national offer day. They are not a chance of getting in: places are allocated by the school's published admissions criteria, such as siblings, distance or faith.

Source: Department for Education, Secondary and primary school applications and offers · entry years up to 2026/27 · last checked 9 October 2026

Southwark: Reception offers, September 2026 entry

Across the borough, 84.3% of applicants were offered their first preference and 98% were offered one of their preferences (2,248 applications). These are borough-wide figures, not a forecast for any school or child.

Source: Department for Education, Secondary and primary schools applications and offers 2026 · entry years 2014/15 to 2026/27 (release published 2026-06-18) · last checked 9 October 2026

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Inspection

Ofsted report card, inspected 9 December 2025

Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade. The report card grades each area on a five-point scale.

Inclusion: Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
Achievement: Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard
Early years: Expected standard
Leadership and governance: Expected standard

Safeguarding standards: Met.

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Ofsted graded inspection, 28 September 2021: overall effectiveness at that inspection was Good

Ofsted stopped giving state schools a single overall grade in September 2024. This grade dates from the inspection shown; it is not a current rating.

Quality of education: Good
Behaviour and attitudes: Good
Personal development: Good
Leadership and management: Good
Early years provision: Good

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Source: Ofsted, Management information - state-funded schools - latest inspections as at 31 August 2026 · latest inspections as at 2026-08-31 · last checked 9 October 2026

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Results

Key stage 2 (end of primary), 2024/25

% meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths2022/23: 57% · 2023/24: 59%
43%This school70%Southwark62%England, state-funded
% achieving the higher standard in reading, writing and maths2022/23: 7% · 2023/24: 0%
0%This school12%Southwark8%England, state-funded
Average scaled score in reading2022/23: 106 · 2023/24: 104
101This school107Southwark106England, state-funded
Average scaled score in maths2022/23: 103 · 2023/24: 104
99This school106Southwark105England, state-funded

Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · academic year 2024/25 · 28 pupils in the cohort

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Pupils and context

Eligible for free school meals: 62% January 2026
English as an additional language: 60.2%
Receiving SEN support: 35.1%
With an Education, Health and Care Plan: 13.1%
Girls / boys: 51% / 49%

Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census 2024/25

Attendance and staffing

Overall absence: 5.5% 2024/25
Persistently absent (missed 10% or more): 13.6%
Pupils per teacher: 17.8 2025/26

Source: Department for Education, Absence rates by school level · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026

Places

Places: 420
Pupils on roll: 182

Source: Department for Education, Capacity - school / Sixth form capacity - school · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · position at 1 May, 2024/25

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Nearby schools

Schools covering the same ages within about a mile, by straight-line distance (not walking or travel time).