Cardwell Primary School
Community school in London, SE18 5LP, taking ages 3 to 11, 423 on roll.
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In 2024/25, the furthest child offered a place lived 3.4 miles away.
Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.
How this compares: every Greenwich school's distance, tightest first →
The circle is 3.4 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2024/25.
Cardwell Primary School: 3.4 miles, 2024/25 Thorntree Primary School: 0.44 miles, 2024/25, published by Greenwich
How to read this
Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Cardwell Primary School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.
Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.
Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.
The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.
One published year so far: 2024/25, from Greenwich. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.
Source: Greenwich, published admission distances, 2024/25
Where Cardwell Primary School and Thorntree Primary School are both in reach
Both distances are drawn on the map above. Thorntree Primary School admitted from 0.44 miles in 2024/25, published by Greenwich. Its own page has the rest of its figures.
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside both published distances, cheapest first by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is SE7 at £480,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.
| District | Area | From Cardwell Primary School | From Thorntree Primary School | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE7 | Greenwich | 0.9 mi | 0.4 mi | £480,000 108 sales |
Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Distances measured from each district's centre to each school's point on the Department for Education register.
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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Greenwich, 14 of 217 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (6.5%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.
Other schools nearby with a published distance
The closest schools to Cardwell Primary School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.
| School | Phase | Admitted from | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodhill Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 4.17 mi 2024/25 | 0.2 mi |
| Mulgrave Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 3.8 mi 2024/25 | 0.4 mi |
| Saint Mary Magdalene Church of England All Through School Both in reach | Secondary | 3.15 mi 2024/25 | 0.4 mi |
| Thorntree Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.44 mi 2024/25 | 0.5 mi |
| Windrush Charlton Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 7.2 mi 2024/25 | 0.5 mi |
| Nightingale Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.65 mi 2024/25 | 0.9 mi |
The distance as a picture
What kind of school this is
| Religious character | No religious character |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| How full | 423 pupils in 480 places (88% full) |
| Local authority | Greenwich |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Meeting the expected standard | 79.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25) |
| Year | Meeting the expected standard |
|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 79.0% |
| 2023/24 | 67.0% |
| 2022/23 | 67.0% |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to Cardwell Primary School
| Girls and boys | 53.4% girls, 46.6% boys |
| English as an additional language | 60.3% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 42.1% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
What it costs to live within reach of Cardwell Primary School
Cheapest district inside the 3.4 miles: SE9, median £380,000. Dearest: E22, £830,000.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| SE9 | Greenwich | 3.1 mi | £380,000 53 sales |
| E16 | Newham | 1.7 mi | £395,000 67 sales |
| SE18 | Greenwich | 0.9 mi | £400,000 59 sales |
| E13 | Newham | 2.8 mi | £400,000 74 sales |
| DA16 | Bexley | 2.9 mi | £402,500 89 sales |
| SE2 | Greenwich | 2.7 mi | £428,000 99 sales |
| E6 | Newham | 2.5 mi | £435,000 84 sales |
| SE7 | Greenwich | 0.9 mi | £480,000 108 sales |
| SE3 | Greenwich | 2.0 mi | £615,000 91 sales |
| SE10 | Greenwich | 2.3 mi | £625,000 94 sales |
| E22 | Tower Hamlets | 3.0 mi | £830,000 205 sales |
How to read this
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 3.4 miles the school admitted from in 2024/25, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.
How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.
Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide
Getting to Cardwell Primary School by bus
Best-served stop: Woolwich Dockyard, 94 yd away, with 5.2 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; the service runs through the night.
Every stop within 600 m
| Stop | From the school | Weekday daytime, an hour | Evening | Sunday | Routes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolwich Dockyard | 9 yd | 5.1 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 380 |
| Woolwich Dockyard | 94 yd | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 380 |
| Samuel Street | 0.1 mi | 5.1 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 380 |
These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.
Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026
The fee-paying alternative
Weighing Cardwell Primary School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around SE18: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at SE18 5LP, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →
Checking the house as well as the school
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Common questions
What is the catchment area for Cardwell Primary School?
Cardwell Primary School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2024/25 lived 3.4 miles away, per Greenwich.
How close do I need to live to get a place at Cardwell Primary School?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 3.4 miles was enough in 2024/25. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.
Does buying a house near Cardwell Primary School guarantee a place?
No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.
Every Greenwich school's distance
All Greenwich schools with a published admission distance, tightest first →
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Admission distance published by Greenwich. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.