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Most applied-for Lewisham primary schools

For 2026 entry, Brindishe Lee School had the most applications for each Reception place: 6.9 applications per place. That is its 207 applications for 2026 entry, divided by its 30 Reception places that year.

Applications count every family that named the school as any of their six preferences, so one child counts at several schools. A high number shows a school is popular; it doesn’t say how far away places were offered. For that, see each school’s cut-offs.

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Lewisham primary schools by applications per place (all six preferences) Applications for 2026 entry against Reception places the same year. Source: Lewisham Council.
Rank School Applications per place Applications Reception places Cut-off, 2026
1 Brindishe Lee School 6.9 207 30 0.49 miles
2 Horniman Primary School 5.7 172 30 0.29 miles
3 Brindishe Manor School 4.9 293 60 0.43 miles
4 Dalmain Primary School 4.8 285 60 0.49 miles
5 Beecroft Garden Primary 4.7 279 60 0.57 miles
6 Rathfern Primary School 4.2 251 60 0.78 miles
7 John Ball Primary School 4.2 374 90 0.63 miles
8 John Stainer Community Primary School 4.1 245 60 No cut-off
9 Perrymount Primary School 3.9 118 30 No cut-off
10 Gordonbrock Primary School 3.9 347 90 0.48 miles
11 Forster Park Primary School 3.7 111 30 No cut-off
12 Ashmead Primary School 3.7 221 60 0.41 miles
13 Edmund Waller Primary School 3.6 218 60 0.48 miles
14 Brindishe Green School 3.4 302 90 0.98 miles
15 Eliot Bank Primary School 3.3 199 60 1.02 miles
16 Downderry Primary School 3.3 196 60 0.38 miles
17 Myatt Garden Primary School 3.2 194 60 0.70 miles
18 Stillness Infant School 3.0 268 90 No cut-off
19 Fairlawn Primary School 2.9 174 60 1.23 miles
20 Sandhurst Primary School 2.9 261 90 0.40 miles
21 Rangefield Primary School 2.8 84 30 0.67 miles
22 Torridon Primary School 2.7 242 90 No cut-off
23 Adamsrill Primary School 2.7 161 60 No cut-off
24 Kilmorie Primary School 2.7 241 90 No cut-off
25 Baring Primary School 2.6 77 30 No cut-off
26 Holbeach Primary School 2.5 150 60 No cut-off
27 Rushey Green Primary School 2.3 204 90 No cut-off
28 Athelney Primary School 1.9 58 30 No cut-off
29 Cooper's Lane Primary School 1.9 170 90 No cut-off
30 Haseltine Primary School 1.8 106 60 No cut-off
31 Grinling Gibbons Primary School 1.6 49 30 No cut-off
32 Twin Oaks Primary School 1.6 48 30 No cut-off
33 Deptford Park Primary School 1.5 46 30 No cut-off
34 Oak Gardens Primary School 1.5 45 30 No cut-off
35 Launcelot Primary School and Nursery 1.5 89 60 0.45 miles
36 Kender Primary School 1.5 88 60 No cut-off
37 Elfrida Primary School 1.4 42 30 No cut-off
38 Kelvin Grove Primary School 1.3 119 90 No cut-off
39 Marvels Lane Primary School 1.3 79 60 No cut-off

Not ranked: All Saints' Church of England Primary School Blackheath, Childeric Primary School, Good Shepherd RC School, Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School, Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary, Haberdashers' Knights Primary, Holy Cross Catholic Primary School, Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Our Lady and St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School, Prendergast Ladywell School, Prendergast Vale School, St Augustine's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, St Bartholomews's Church of England Primary School, St George's CofE Primary School, St James's Hatcham Church of England Primary School, St John Baptist Southend Church of England Primary School, St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, St Margaret's Lee CofE Primary School, St Mary's Lewisham Church of England Primary School, St Matthew Academy, St Michael's Church of England Primary School, St Saviour's Catholic Primary School, St Stephen's CofE Primary School, St William of York Catholic Primary School, St Winifred's RC Primary School, Tidemill Academy, Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham, Turnham Academy. Our figures cover only part of the intake there (for example one class), but applications are for the whole school, so a per-place figure would mislead.

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