Good Shepherd RC School
Voluntary aided primary school in Bromley (Lewisham).
KS2 RWM expected
67%
▲ 5pp England 2024/25: 62%
2024/25
Reading expected
70%
▼ 5pp England 2024/25: 75%
2024/25
Maths expected
70%
▼ 4pp England 2024/25: 74%
2024/25
Writing expected
67%
▼ 5pp England 2024/25: 72%
2024/25
Attendance rate
94.0%
▼ 1pp England 2024/25: 94.8%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
25.9
▲ 5.2 England 2025/26: 20.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
29.4%
▲ 5pp England 2025/26: 24.9%
school census 15/01/2026
Capacity
69%
201 / 290 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Compare measures over time
Where each figure sits
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| Measure | Latest year | This school | In England | In Lewisham |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | 2024/25 | 6% | joint 3,966th highest of 16,262 (37 schools have the same figure) | 18th highest of 64 |
| Unauthorised absence | 2024/25 | 1.4% | joint 6,585th highest of 16,262 (79 schools have the same figure) | 31st highest of 64 |
| Pupils suspended at least once | 2024/25 | 0.9% | joint 6,765th highest of 16,268 (52 schools have the same figure) | 14th highest of 64 |
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | 2024/25 | 0.9 | - | - |
| Permanent exclusions | 2024/25 | 0.00% | - | - |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | 2025/26 | 29.4% | joint 5,259th highest of 16,710 (22 schools have the same figure) | 29th highest of 64 |
| Any SEN | 2025/26 | 31.8% | joint 1,263rd highest of 16,706 (17 schools have the same figure) | 2nd highest of 64 |
| SEN support | 2025/26 | 27.4% | joint 927th highest of 16,706 (16 schools have the same figure) | 2nd highest of 64 |
| Education, health and care plans | 2025/26 | 4.5% | joint 5,630th highest of 16,706 (245 schools have the same figure) | joint 28th highest of 64 (2 schools have the same figure) |
| Teachers (FTE) | 2024/25 | 9.7 | - | - |
| Teachers (headcount) | 2024/25 | 10 | - | - |
| Teaching assistants (FTE) | 2024/25 | 8.8 | - | - |
| Pupils per teacher | 2024/25 | 21.5 | joint 7,071st highest of 16,147 (209 schools have the same figure) | 23rd highest of 64 |
| Pupils per adult | 2024/25 | 10.6 | joint 8,492nd highest of 16,163 (288 schools have the same figure) | joint 41st highest of 64 (3 schools have the same figure) |
| Teacher turnover | 2024/25 | 19.6% | joint 4,765th highest of 16,165 (61 schools have the same figure) | 16th highest of 64 |
| Teachers taking sickness absence | 2024/25 | 90% | - | - |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 2024/25 | 10.4 | - | - |
| Key stage 2 expected standard | 2024/25 | 67% | joint 5,903rd highest of 14,270 (556 schools have the same figure) | joint 39th highest of 63 (4 schools have the same figure) |
| Places | 2023/24 | 226 | - | - |
| Pupils | 2023/24 | 193 | - | - |
| Unfilled places | 2023/24 | 14.6% | - | - |
| Key stage 2 reading progress | 2022/23 | +2.1 | - | - |
| Key stage 2 writing progress | 2022/23 | -0.9 | - | - |
| Key stage 2 maths progress | 2022/23 | +2.7 | - | - |
"Nth highest of N" counts the schools of the same type in the same school year that have a figure, with the highest figure first. It says where a figure sits, not whether it is good: for absence and suspensions lower is usually better, while free school meals and special needs reflect who the school serves. Where other schools have exactly the same figure the position is called "joint" and the number of schools with that figure is given. A dash means no position is held, because only one school has a figure or every school has the same figure.
Ofsted inspections
- 28/01/2025 (school year 2024/25): No overall grade (key judgements)
- 12/01/2011 (school year 2010/11): Good
- 26/09/2007 (school year 2007/08): Good
Figures: the yearly series on this page. Positions: open schools in England, built 2026-10-27 from the DfE releases held by WhatSchool (school census, absence, exclusions, workforce, key stage 2 and 4), Open Government Licence v3.0. Ofsted dates: Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026. DfE has not published key stage 2 progress since 2022/23, so each progress measure has one year.
Attendance and behaviour
iAbsence is the share of possible sessions (half days) missed, for full academic years (no 2019/20 figure is published). Pupils suspended at least once and permanent exclusions are shares of pupils; suspensions per 100 pupils counts every suspension. 2020/21 and 2021/22 were affected by COVID-19.Overall absence6% 2024/25
This school
3.5%
2016/17
3.2%
2017/18
4%
2018/19
5.5%
2020/21
4%
2021/22
5.2%
2022/23
5%
2023/24
6%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence1.4% 2024/25
This school
0.7%
2016/17
0.6%
2017/18
0.6%
2018/19
0.8%
2020/21
0.6%
2021/22
1.1%
2022/23
1.3%
2023/24
1.4%
2024/25
Pupils suspended at least once0.9% 2024/25
This school
0%
2017/18
0%
2018/19
0%
2019/20
1.8%
2020/21
0.9%
2021/22
1.3%
2022/23
0.9%
2023/24
0.9%
2024/25
Suspensions per 100 pupils0.9 2024/25
This school
0.0
2017/18
0.0
2018/19
0.0
2019/20
6.3
2020/21
2.7
2021/22
6.0
2022/23
0.9
2023/24
0.9
2024/25
Permanent exclusions0.00% 2024/25
This school
0.00%
2017/18
0.00%
2018/19
0.00%
2019/20
0.00%
2020/21
0.00%
2021/22
0.00%
2022/23
0.00%
2023/24
0.00%
2024/25
Pupils
iPupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) and special educational needs (SEN) are shares of all pupils on roll in the January census.Eligible for free school meals (census)29.4% 2025/26
This school
11.7%
2019/20
17.5%
2020/21
17%
2021/22
22.6%
2022/23
24.2%
2023/24
25.9%
2024/25
29.4%
2025/26
Any SEN31.8% 2025/26
This school
15.7%
2019/20
14.8%
2020/21
14.3%
2021/22
18.7%
2022/23
16%
2023/24
32.5%
2024/25
31.8%
2025/26
SEN support27.4% 2025/26
This school
12.6%
2019/20
11.2%
2020/21
9.4%
2021/22
15.3%
2022/23
12.1%
2023/24
27.8%
2024/25
27.4%
2025/26
Education, health and care plans4.5% 2025/26
This school
3%
2019/20
3.6%
2020/21
4.9%
2021/22
3.4%
2022/23
3.9%
2023/24
4.7%
2024/25
4.5%
2025/26
Staff
iTeacher numbers are full-time equivalents (FTE) or headcount from the November school workforce census. Turnover is the share of teachers who left in the year.Teachers (FTE)9.7 2024/25
This school
12.0
2017/18
11.0
2018/19
10.0
2019/20
10.0
2020/21
9.8
2021/22
9.8
2022/23
9.4
2023/24
9.7
2024/25
Teachers (headcount)10 2024/25
This school
12
2017/18
11
2018/19
10
2019/20
10
2020/21
10
2021/22
10
2022/23
10
2023/24
10
2024/25
Teaching assistants (FTE)8.8 2024/25
This school
10.7
2017/18
9.8
2018/19
7.9
2019/20
11.3
2020/21
8.7
2021/22
9.6
2022/23
8.7
2023/24
8.8
2024/25
Pupils per teacher21.5 2024/25
This school
20.8
2017/18
20.8
2018/19
21.7
2019/20
21.6
2020/21
22.2
2021/22
23.3
2022/23
23.6
2023/24
21.5
2024/25
Pupils per adult10.6 2024/25
This school
10.5
2017/18
10.5
2018/19
11.5
2019/20
9.7
2020/21
11.1
2021/22
11.2
2022/23
11.6
2023/24
10.6
2024/25
Teacher turnover19.6% 2024/25
This school
8.3%
2017/18
18.2%
2018/19
20%
2019/20
21.6%
2020/21
20%
2021/22
10.2%
2022/23
8.4%
2023/24
19.6%
2024/25
Teachers taking sickness absence90% 2024/25
This school
69.2%
2016/17
50%
2017/18
81.8%
2018/19
30%
2020/21
80%
2021/22
90.9%
2022/23
90%
2023/24
90%
2024/25
Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers)10.4 2024/25
This school
2.3
2016/17
2.8
2017/18
8.5
2018/19
0.7
2020/21
10.9
2021/22
24.3
2022/23
7.5
2023/24
10.4
2024/25
Results
iKey stage 2: pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Key stage 4: Attainment 8 (average points across eight subjects) and Progress 8.Key stage 2 expected standard67% 2024/25
This school
60%
2022/23
47%
2023/24
67%
2024/25
Places
iPlaces and pupils come from the school capacity survey, so pupil numbers can differ from the January census figure.Places226 2023/24
This school
226
2015/16
226
2016/17
226
2017/18
226
2018/19
226
2020/21
226
2021/22
226
2022/23
226
2023/24
Pupils193 2023/24
This school
232
2015/16
234
2016/17
228
2017/18
203
2018/19
200
2020/21
200
2021/22
208
2022/23
193
2023/24
Unfilled places14.6% 2023/24
This school
0%
2015/16
0%
2016/17
0%
2017/18
10.2%
2018/19
11.5%
2020/21
11.5%
2021/22
8%
2022/23
14.6%
2023/24
All the numbers
iA dash means no published figure for that year. Each year is a school year, for example 2024/25 is September 2024 to August 2025.Yearly series held by WhatSchool from DfE school census, absence, exclusions, workforce, capacity and performance table releases. Series end at different years because DfE publishes them on different timetables. Latest-year values here can differ from the headline on another tab where DfE has revised a figure.Scroll sideways for more
| Measure | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | - | - | 3.5% | 3.2% | 4% | - | 5.5% | 4% | 5.2% | 5% | 6% | - |
| Unauthorised absence | - | - | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.6% | - | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 1.4% | - |
| Pupils suspended at least once | - | - | 0.4% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1.8% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 0.9% | 0.9% | - |
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | - | - | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 2.7 | 6.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | - |
| Permanent exclusions | - | - | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | - |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | - | - | - | - | - | 11.7% | 17.5% | 17% | 22.6% | 24.2% | 25.9% | 29.4% |
| Any SEN | - | - | - | - | - | 15.7% | 14.8% | 14.3% | 18.7% | 16% | 32.5% | 31.8% |
| SEN support | - | - | - | - | - | 12.6% | 11.2% | 9.4% | 15.3% | 12.1% | 27.8% | 27.4% |
| Education, health and care plans | - | - | - | - | - | 3% | 3.6% | 4.9% | 3.4% | 3.9% | 4.7% | 4.5% |
| Teachers (FTE) | - | 8.0 | 8.0 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.4 | 9.7 | - |
| Teachers (headcount) | - | 8 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | - |
| Teaching assistants (FTE) | - | 11.3 | 12.3 | 10.7 | 9.8 | 7.9 | 11.3 | 8.7 | 9.6 | 8.7 | 8.8 | - |
| Pupils per teacher | - | 31.0 | 31.1 | 20.8 | 20.8 | 21.7 | 21.6 | 22.2 | 23.3 | 23.6 | 21.5 | - |
| Pupils per adult | - | 12.8 | 12.2 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 9.7 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 11.6 | 10.6 | - |
| Teacher turnover | 33.3% | 12.5% | 12.5% | 8.3% | 18.2% | 20% | 21.6% | 20% | 10.2% | 8.4% | 19.6% | - |
| Teachers taking sickness absence | 50% | 88.9% | 69.2% | 50% | 81.8% | - | 30% | 80% | 90.9% | 90% | 90% | - |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 0.6 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 8.5 | - | 0.7 | 10.9 | 24.3 | 7.5 | 10.4 | - |
| Key stage 2 expected standard | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 60% | 47% | 67% | - |
| Places | 226 | 226 | 226 | 226 | 226 | - | 226 | 226 | 226 | 226 | - | - |
| Pupils | 237 | 232 | 234 | 228 | 203 | - | 200 | 200 | 208 | 193 | - | - |
| Unfilled places | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 10.2% | - | 11.5% | 11.5% | 8% | 14.6% | - | - |
Where this school sits in England
iEach figure is placed among state-funded primary schools in England that report it for the same school year. "Higher than 70% of schools" means 70 in every 100 schools have a lower figure. This describes where a figure sits, not whether it is good: for absence and suspensions lower is usually better, while free school meals and special needs reflect who the school serves. It is not a ranking of the school.Scroll sideways for more
| Measure | This school | Year | Position | Schools compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | 6% | 2024/25 | Higher than 75% of schools | 15,967 |
| Unauthorised absence | 1.4% | 2024/25 | Higher than 59% of schools | 15,967 |
| Pupils suspended at least once | 0.9% | 2024/25 | Higher than 58% of schools | 15,971 |
| Pupils per teacher | 25.9 | 2025/26 | Higher than 93% of schools | 16,358 |
| Pupils per adult | 12.7 | 2025/26 | Higher than 81% of schools | 16,358 |
| Teacher turnover | 19.6% | 2024/25 | Higher than 70% of schools | 15,868 |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 10.4 | 2024/25 | Higher than 92% of schools | 15,016 |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | 29.4% | 2025/26 | Higher than 68% of schools | 16,436 |
| Special educational needs | 31.8% | 2025/26 | Higher than 92% of schools | 16,436 |
| Education, health and care plans | 4.5% | 2025/26 | Higher than 65% of schools | 16,436 |
| English as an additional language | 58.2% | 2025/26 | Higher than 93% of schools | 16,436 |
| Pupils on roll | 201 | year not recorded | Higher than 38% of schools | 16,437 |
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