Bessemer Grange Primary School
Dylways, London, SE5 8HP
515 pupils · 75% of 690 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Free school meals
- 26.8%
Ofsted
Good (2024) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 23 May 2024, published 7 July 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 78% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 28% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.85 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 60 | 51 | 216 | 60 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 58 | 48 | 186 | 58 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 63 | 45 | 172 | 59 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 82 | 57 | 212 | 76 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 63 | 51 | 200 | 61 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 72 | 55 | 228 | 70 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 88 | 69 | 254 | 87 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 89 | 77 | 279 | 89 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Dulwich Village Church of England Infants' School 0.7 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- Goose Green Primary and Nursery School 0.8 km · Good (2020) · previous system
- Judith Kerr Primary School 0.8 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Grove Primary School 0.8 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Harris Primary Academy East Dulwich 0.8 km · Outstanding — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Dulwich Hamlet Junior School 0.9 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.