Nunhead & Queen's Road, Southwark: Schools
Schools
You'll find around a dozen schools within reach of Nunhead & Queen's Road, covering primary, secondary and specialist provision. Most of them hold Good Ofsted ratings.
2 schools sit right in the neighbourhood itself. Hollydale Primary School is a state community school rated Good, and inspectors noted it's improving. St Thomas the Apostle College is a voluntary aided Catholic secondary with space for 1,000 pupils. Its most recent ungraded inspection in November 2024 confirmed standards are maintained, and its Progress 8 score of 1.45 sits well above the national average — a strong result.
Nearby, John Donne Primary and Edmund Waller Primary are both rated Good. Free schools like The Belham and Haberdashers' Hatcham give you further choice, with Haberdashers' Free School posting a 90% KS2 expected standard score — well above the national average of around 61%.
Source: Ofsted inspection reports
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- John Donne Primary SchoolAcademyMixedCapacity: 460Ages 3-11Ofsted: GoodInspected Nov 202365% met the expected standard (reading, writing & maths) (2024-25)Woods Road, London, SE15 2SW+44 20 7639 0594www.jdacademy.org.uk
- Hollydale Primary SchoolCommunityMixedCapacity: 308Ages 4-11Ofsted: GoodInspected Oct 202459% met the expected standard (reading, writing & maths) (2024-25)Hollydale Road, London, SE15 2AR+44 20 7639 2562hollydaleprimary.school
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