Adamsrill Primary School

What Ofsted found

Short inspection, June 2025.

• Outcome: Adamsrill Primary School has taken effective action to maintain the standards identified at the previous inspection.
• Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

• Inspectors found that pupils behave very well and can focus on their learning.
• Inspectors found that most pupils are reading fluently by the end of Year 2.

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The school

• Adamsrill is a two-form primary school with 30 children in each Reception class.
• The school aims to provide a stimulating, exciting environment where everyone feels valued and safe.
• The school aims to enthuse children with a desire to learn and to care and respect each other.

Source: Adamsrill Primary School website; Adamsrill Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

How it teaches

• The school uses Read Write Inc to teach phonics in EYFS and KS1, followed by RWI Fresh Start as an intervention in KS2.
• Pupils study Shakespeare through the Shakespeare Project from Reception to Year 6.

Source: Adamsrill Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

Music, sport and trips

• All children receive a minimum of 2 hours of PE per week.
• Pupils attend swimming lessons in Year 4.

Source: Adamsrill Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

Admissions

• The school takes in up to 60 children in its Reception year group, 30 children in each class.
• Priority for Reception places is given to looked after children, then children with exceptional social or medical need, siblings, children of staff and children who live closest to the school.
• Places for Reception are given to children who live closest to the school, as a priority after the other categories.

Source: Adamsrill Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

Nursery

• The current charge for additional nursery hours not covered by government funding is £6.75 per hour.

Source: Adamsrill Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

Visiting

• Parents wanting Reception information can arrange a tour of the school by phoning or emailing the school.

Source: Adamsrill Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

The school day and clubs

• Before-school care costs £4 per child per morning, or £20 per week payable in advance via ParentPay.
• Learning ends at 3.15pm and parents may collect children from the playground at 3.25pm.

Source: Adamsrill Primary School website; Adamsrill Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

Support

• Pupils with an EHCP are admitted and fully integrated unless it would be incompatible with the efficient education of themselves or other children.

Source: Adamsrill Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

Grammar schools within 15 miles

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• Wallington County Grammar SchoolBoys, Wallington, 6 miles. Sutton Selective Eligibility Test
• Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar SchoolSidcup, 6 miles. Bexley Selection Test
• Bexley Grammar SchoolWelling, 7 miles. Bexley Selection Test
• Newstead Wood SchoolGirls, Orpington, 7 miles. Newstead Wood Selection Test
• Wallington High School for GirlsGirls, Wallington, 7 miles. Sutton Selective Eligibility Test
• St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar SchoolBoys, Orpington, 8 miles. St Olave's Selective Entrance Test
• Sutton Grammar SchoolBoys, Sutton, 8 miles. Sutton Selective Eligibility Test
• Townley Grammar SchoolGirls, Bexleyheath, 8 miles. Bexley Selection Test
• Beths Grammar SchoolBoys, Bexley, 8 miles. Bexley Selection Test
• Nonsuch High School for GirlsGirls, Sutton, 9 miles. Sutton Selective Eligibility Test
• Wilmington Grammar School for GirlsGirls, Dartford, 10 miles. Kent Test