Edmund Waller Primary School

Community schoolPrimaryAges 3–11Mixed

Waller Road, New Cross, London, SE14 5LY

Executive Headteacher · Ms Anne Rennie

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 29 June 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils434Capacity 451

OfstedSchool remains GoodInspected 15 June 2023

Free school meals12.1%

SEN provisionResourced provision

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 15 June 2023.

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.

57 of the 76 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered60

Applications218

First choice76

First-choice offers57

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).