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Good Shepherd RC School

Moorside Road, Downham, Bromley, BR1 5EP

Local ranking45th of 64 primary schools in Lewisham
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026

Primary

Phase

290

Capacity

3-11

Age range

Mixed

Gender

Ofsted Inspection

Inspected 28 January 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full

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Safeguarding standards Met
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour & attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership & management
Requires improvement
Early years
Requires improvement

Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate

Year:

KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)

2024-25
Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
67.0% nat62.0%
Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
3.0% nat8.0%
Reading (Expected)
70.0%
Writing (Expected)
67.0%
Maths (Expected)
70.0%
Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
70.0%
Reading avg scaled score
103.0 nat106.0
Maths avg scaled score
103.0 nat105.0
GPS avg scaled score
103.0
Cohort Size
30

Pupil Demographics

2024-25
Total Pupils
212
Boys
97 (46%)
Girls
115 (54%)
Capacity
290 (73% full)
SEND
32.5%
FSM Eligible
30.0%
EAL
53.3%
SEN with EHC Plan
4.7%
SEN Support
27.8%
Pupil:Teacher Ratio
21.3:1
Teachers (FTE)
9.7
Budget per Pupil
£8,640/yr

Attendance & Absence

2024-25
Overall Absence Rate
6.0% nat6.2%
Persistent Absence
19.1% nat15.8%

Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.

School Information

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Primary
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Boarders
No boarders
Admissions
Not applicable

Pupil Ethnicity

2024-25
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  • Black African: 42.0%
  • Black Caribbean: 12.7%
  • White British: 10.7%
  • Mixed Other: 6.3%
  • Asian Indian: 5.4%
  • Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 4.9%
  • White Other: 4.4%
  • Asian Other: 3.9%

42.0%

Black African

12.7%

Black Caribbean

10.7%

White British

Historical Trends

KS2 Performance

Pupil Demographics

Attendance & Absence

Ethnicity Over Time

Contact & Location

Administrative

URN
100722
UKPRN
10075977
Establishment No.
3344