2 Bentham Road, Thamesmead, London SE28 8AR
10 reasons to choose Windrush Primary School
Top line
Windrush Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 71. It is one of the best state primary schools in Thamesmead and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 1 mile.
School fundamentals
Windrush Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is an academy converter. The school is one of the 2 members of Endeavour Partnership Trust. The school was also rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in its last (2013) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.
Average class size
Windrush Primary School has four classes per year, and an average class size of 28 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Windrush Primary School ranks in the top 10% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 23% of schools.
The Windrush Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, Spanish. Most subjects are taught separately, and are organised by half-termly topics or themes, with some cross-curricular projects. There may be an occasional extra-curricular academic or hobby club.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and Forest School to Year 1.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Windrush Primary School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Windrush Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir and an orchestra. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.30am (school staff) to 6.00pm (external contractor).
Find another school near Windrush Primary School
The Pointer School (5.7 miles); West Lodge School (5.9 miles); Greenwich Steiner Lower School (5.9 miles).
Hawksmoor School (0.4 miles); St Thomas a Becket Roman Catholic Primary School, Abbey Wood (0.9 miles); St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, Erith (1.4 miles).
Blackheath High School (5.6 miles); Colfe’s School (6.7 miles); Riverston School, Senior School (6.8 miles).
Woolwich Polytechnic School (0.9 miles); Saint Mary Magdalene Church of England All Through School (3.6 miles); Erith Secondary School (4 miles).