Downderry Primary School

Community schoolPrimaryAges 3–11Mixed

Downderry Road, Downham, Bromley, BR1 5QL

Headteacher · Dr David Gifford

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 1 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils477Capacity 376

OfstedSchool remains OutstandingInspected 19 May 2022

Free school meals23.9%

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 19 May 2022.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Reception applications close 15 January 2027

For September 2027. Apply through Lewisham council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.

59 of the 84 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered60

Applications196

First choice84

First-choice offers59

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).