How far Lewisham schools admitted from
For every oversubscribed school, Lewisham publishes how far away the last child offered a place lived. This is that figure for 18 schools, tightest first. A short distance means a school that fills up close to its gates; a long one means places went further afield.
The tightest is Horniman Primary School at 0.29 miles in 2025/26; the most far-reaching, Fairlawn Primary School, admitted from 1.23 miles.
Primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Admitted from | Round | How full |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horniman Primary School London | No current grade | 0.29 mi | 2025/26 | 96% |
| Downderry Primary School Bromley | No current grade | 0.38 mi | 2025/26 | 127% |
| Sandhurst Primary School London | No current grade | 0.4 mi | 2025/26 | 98% |
| Ashmead Primary School London | No current grade | 0.41 mi | 2025/26 | 87% |
| Brindishe Manor School London | Outstanding | 0.43 mi | 2025/26 | 89% |
| Launcelot Primary School and Nursery Bromley | No current grade | 0.45 mi | 2025/26 | 73% |
| Edmund Waller Primary School London | No current grade | 0.48 mi | 2025/26 | 96% |
| Gordonbrock Primary School Brockley | No current grade | 0.48 mi | 2025/26 | 96% |
| Brindishe Lee School London | Good | 0.49 mi | 2025/26 | 73% |
| Dalmain Primary School London | No current grade | 0.49 mi | 2025/26 | 81% |
| Beecroft Garden Primary London | No current grade | 0.57 mi | 2025/26 | 91% |
| John Ball Primary School London | Outstanding | 0.63 mi | 2025/26 | 98% |
| Rangefield Primary School Bromley | Good | 0.67 mi | 2025/26 | 112% |
| Myatt Garden Primary School London | No current grade | 0.7 mi | 2025/26 | 74% |
| Rathfern Primary School London | No current grade | 0.78 mi | 2025/26 | 94% |
| Rushey Green Primary School London | Good | 0.98 mi | 2025/26 | 82% |
| Eliot Bank Primary School London | Good | 1.02 mi | 2025/26 | 89% |
| Fairlawn Primary School London | No current grade | 1.23 mi | 2025/26 | 75% |
Reading the numbers
These are not catchment areas: most English schools have none. Each figure is the distance from the school to the home of the furthest child who was offered a place under the distance criterion in that round, as Lewisham measures it, which is usually a straight line from a fixed point at the home to one at the school. Looked-after children, siblings and, at faith schools, faith criteria come before distance, so a school can fill before distance is reached at all. The figure moves every year with the number of applications. How the whole process works →
Checking an address against these
Each school's page has a checker that measures a postcode against that school's distance. The full property report measures every nearby school at once, alongside sold prices, flood risk and the rest of the house.
Admission distances published by Lewisham. School details and grades from the Department for Education's register and Ofsted. If a figure looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.