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Rockliffe Manor Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedAcademy189 pupilsNurseryLondonGreenwich
School Chooser Score
73
Above
similar schools
Likely range 44 to 89, so it could be “in line”
Out of 100. Better than 96% of the 50 schools most like it. Getting better year on year.
Reached the expected level at 1181%England 63%
Attendance93.2%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families46%Far more than most schools
Places52 spare189 pupils, 241 places
Pupils per teacher20.7School workforce census
Pupils on roll189Census January 2026

Rockliffe Manor Primary School is a converter academy in London for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 189 pupils and room for 241. About 46 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. We give it 73 out of 100. That puts it above schools like it, ahead of 96% of the 50 schools most like it.

Bassant Road, London, SE18 2NP020 8854 4785rockliffemanor.co.ukMrs Nancy Cook headteacherAll details

Ofsted

Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

21 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England.

Reached the expected level at 1181%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level33%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score109.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score109.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 57%57%20172018: 80%80%20182019: 75%75%20192023: 67%67%20232024: 77%77%20242025: 81%81%2025
Since 2017: +24%Improving overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023201920182017†GreenwichEngland
Pupils tested213030283030
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths81%77%67%75%80%57%74%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths33%20%13%25%23%10%15%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score109.0108.0104.0108.0109.0104.0107.0105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score109.0107.0104.0107.0107.0102.0106.6104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score111.0107.0105.0108.0109.0103.0107.8105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard90%80%80%82%83%70%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard81%87%67%82%83%70%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)81%77%73%86%87%77%
Reading progressReading progress score-2.0+2.5+1.0-1.0
Maths progressMaths progress score-1.1+1.4+0.7-2.1
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged73%62%38%75%63%60%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged90%88%88%75%86%55%

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

† These results are for Rockliffe Manor Primary School, the school this one replaced in June 2017. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. 2 of the 3 gaps are smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Low-income pupils vs other pupils
73%90%
Gap 17 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
82%80%
Gap 2 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
9%33%
Gap 24 ptsEngland 5 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

A few spare places187 pupils for 210 places, 2024/25
89% full

About 23 places were empty, so most families who apply get in, though a popular year group can still fill up. Pupil numbers have fallen by 9% since 2021/22, so places are getting easier to find.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Greenwich council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll189Census January 2026
Places24178% full
Pupils from low-income families44%46% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English18%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support21%39 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan10%19 pupils with a plan
Average class size24.47 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils0%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)47%£131,750 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls92 / 97
White British pupils39%

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 21.3 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 26.8 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (27), Autistic spectrum disorder (16), emotional and mental health (11), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (2), Other difficulty or disability (1), Specific learning difficulty (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll189209209215219232
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals44%45%40%34%35%35%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language18%19%21%20%15%19%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support17%19%22%20%17%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans6%4%4%4%3%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 93.2% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance93.2%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school22.8%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils0.02024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission3.3%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence6.8%6.7%6.9%6.2%2.4%3.9%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence3.5%2.5%1.5%2.8%1.3%2.6%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence3.3%4.2%5.4%3.3%1.1%1.3%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence22.8%20.6%22.4%18.7%5.0%7.3%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate0.01.90.51.80.0
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions00000

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers8.8full-time equivalent, 9 people
Pupils per teacher20.7Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants12.7full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£57,418
Teachers who left in the year10%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher0.02024/25

Money

From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£8,198England £7,128. Total £1.7m
Income per pupil£8,970England £7,587. Total £1.8m
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,574England £3,405
Money in reserve1%Very little put by: £25k, £126 per pupil. England 9%
Money in against money out+£156kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£8,198spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m51012 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate138 per 1,000 people51% higher than the England average
Typical house price£460,000Greenwich
Nearest bus stop50 mBassant Street, 10 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Timbercroft Primary SchoolAcademy300 m363Good 202479Compare
Greenslade Primary SchoolCouncil560 m198Good 202471Compare
Bannockburn Primary SchoolAcademy960 m879No overall grade 202587Compare
Conway Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles430Good 202283Compare
South Rise Primary SchoolAcademy0.7 miles508Not inspected68Compare
East Wickham Primary AcademyAcademy0.7 miles585Not inspected74Compare
St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic0.7 miles314Good 202391Compare
St Margaret's Church of England Primary SchoolChurch of England0.8 miles164Good 202346Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Rockliffe Manor Primary School with the 49 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 49 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats96%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
Near the very top of its group. Its score of 73 is 53 points above the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 1 · middle 20 · highest 79100

No school with a similar mix of pupils within 25 km scores clearly higher.

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 73 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 73% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 44 to 89. That range is wide enough that the school could sit in the next band, so take the band as a rough guide rather than a verdict. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years25%in line
+0.05
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 21 pupils
Ofsted inspection0%no data
Progress pupils make20%below
-0.11
DfE progress measure; 21 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%well above
+0.19
results and attendance rising year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%well below
-0.15
2024/25; 171 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%well above
+0.31
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 21 pupils
What parents say0%no data

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is Rockliffe Manor Primary School a good school?

Yes, going by the figures. Rockliffe Manor Primary School scores 73 out of 100. That is above schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 96% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 44 to 89, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been getting better over the last five years.

How good are Rockliffe Manor Primary School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 81% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 33% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Rockliffe Manor Primary School have?

189 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 241 places, so it is 78% full.

Is Rockliffe Manor Primary School oversubscribed?

Probably not. 23 places were empty in 2024/25 (11% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.

What is attendance like at Rockliffe Manor Primary School?

Pupils were in school 93.2% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 23% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Rockliffe Manor Primary School?

The average class had 24.4 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Bassant Road, London, SE18 2NP
Telephone
020 8854 4785
Website
www.rockliffemanor.co.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Nancy Cook
Type of school
Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Multi-academy trust
Inspire Partnership Academy Trust (10 schools)
Local authority
Greenwich
Ward
Plumstead Common
Constituency
Erith and Thamesmead
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 June 2017 (academy converter)
URN
143593 · LAESTAB 2032804 · UKPRN 10062310
Formerly
Rockliffe Manor Primary School

Where these figures come from