Eliot Bank Primary School
Eliot Bank Primary School is a primary school in London for ages 3 to 11.
Daily practice for Eliot Bank Primary School pupils
Daily maths and English that follow the national curriculum for your child's year. Start with a free five-minute class.
At a glance
- Type
- Community school, run by the council
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 397
- Who it's for
- Boys and girls
- Address
- Thorpewood Avenue, London, SE26 4BU
- Phone
- 02086 990586
The school's websiteResults and performanceFull register entryMap
What Ofsted found
Full inspection, April 2023.
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- The quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
- Early years provision: Outstanding
- The report says that reading is a priority, with a phonics programme used effectively so pupils read books that match the sounds they know.
- Inspectors found that leaders do not ensure all staff know the individual targets of pupils with SEND, so support is sometimes not closely matched to their needs.
Our summary of Ofsted's report. Read the full reports on Ofsted's website. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
How it teaches
- The school teaches reading through Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised, a systematic and synthetic phonics programme.
- Children are assigned reading books using the Collins Big Cat ebook library.
- Each term has a new art focus shared across the school, from Early Years to Year 6.
- Each term the school typically offers a 10-week programme of clubs for Year 1 to Year 6.
Source: Eliot Bank Primary School website; Eliot Bank Primary School website; Eliot Bank Primary School website. Checked 10 November 2026.
Admissions
- Applications for Reception in September 2027 can be made from 1 September 2026 to 15 January 2027.
- Children born between 1 September 2022 and 31 August 2023 are due to start primary school in September 2027.
Source: Eliot Bank Primary School website. Checked 10 November 2026.
Visiting
- Open Morning dates for the Autumn Term are live and visits are booked through the school office.
Source: Eliot Bank Primary School website. Checked 10 November 2026.
The school day and clubs
- Topmark runs breakfast and after-school club each weekday, from 7.45am to 8.55am and 3:15pm to 6:00pm, for Reception to Year 6.
Source: Eliot Bank Primary School website. Checked 10 November 2026.
What each year group is learning
From Eliot Bank Primary School's curriculum maps.
ReceptionAutumn 1 and Autumn 2 and Spring 1
- Maths
- Matching, sorting and comparing amounts. Representing and comparing numbers 1, 2 and 3
- English
- Traditional tales such as Little Red Hen and The Gingerbread Man. Retelling stories and letter writing
- Reading
- Handling books and following print from left to right
- Writing
- Name writing, initial sounds and simple captions. Writing CVC words and tricky words
- Phonics
- Phonic sounds and segmenting and blending words
- Science
- Five senses: taste, touch, sight, hearing and smell. Seasons and how they change the world around us. Space and astronauts
- History
- Remembrance Day and why we remember people who died in wars
- Art
- Artist study of Alma Woodsey Thomas
- Music
- Singing rhymes, poems and songs
- PE
- Balance and different ways of moving
- RE
- Different people celebrate different festivals and traditions
- PSHE
- Relationships, feelings, making friends and behaviour expectations. Families come in all shapes and sizes and kindness towards everyone
Year 1Autumn 1 and Spring 1 and Summer 1 and Autumn 2 and Spring 2 and Summer 2
- Maths
- Learning to group data
- Science
- Learning about animals, including humans. Learning about everyday materials. Learning about plants
- History
- Learning about toys and inventors from the past. Learning about houses and homes, including how they have changed
- Geography
- Learning why different fruit and vegetables grow in different places around the world
- Computing
- Learning about computing systems and networks, including technology around us. Learning to create digital writing. Learning to program a robot by moving it. Learning digital painting. Learning to group data and information. Learning to program animation
- Art
- Learning to sketch and paint portraits and people. Learning to sketch and paint observational, still life and landscape pictures. Learning printing and 3D art. Learning about artists through the Take One Picture project at the National Gallery. Learning digital painting
- Design and technology
- Project-based, enquiry-led design and technology linked to playgrounds. Project-based, enquiry-led design and technology linked to making fruit cocktails or kebabs
Year 2Autumn 1 and Spring 1 and Summer 1 and Spring 2 and Autumn 2 and Summer 2
- Maths
- Data and information, including pictograms
- Science
- Uses of everyday materials. Animals, including humans. Living things and their habitats
- History
- The Great Fire of London and famous people from the past
- Geography
- Seasides and famous explorers
- Computing
- Computing systems and networks, learning about IT around us. Programming robot algorithms. Creating media through digital photography. Programming an introduction to quizzes
- Art
- Sketching and painting portraits and people. Sketching and painting observational drawings, still life and landscapes. Printing. 3D art. Studying a picture by an artist from the National Gallery
- Design and technology
- Project-based enquiry-led design and technology linked to breadmaking. Project-based enquiry-led design and technology linked to puppet making
- Music
- Playing the glockenspiel. Creating media through making music. Pentatonic performances using the Kodály method. Playing the glockenspiel for Christmas
Year 3Autumn 1 and Spring 1 and Summer 1 and Spring 2 and Summer 2 and Autumn 2
- Science
- Forces and magnets. Animals, including humans
- History
- Ancient Egypt
- Geography
- Amazon Rainforest
- Computing
- Connecting computers through computer systems and networks. Desktop publishing creating media. Programming sequence in music. Branching databases. Programming events and actions. Animation
- Art
- Sketching and painting portraits and people. Sketching and painting observational, still life and landscapes. Printing. 3D art. Artists from the National Gallery
- Design and technology
- Project-based enquiry-led design linked to biscuits. Project-based enquiry-led design repurposing and recycling everyday objects
Year 4Autumn 1
- History
- Learning about the Romans and the Celts
- Computing
- Computing systems and networks, including the internet
Year 5Autumn 1 and Spring 1 and Summer 1 and Autumn 2 and Summer 2 and Spring 2
- Science
- Earth and space. Properties and changes of materials. Living things and their habitats. Forces. Animals, including humans
- History
- How the Anglo Saxons and Vikings impacted Britain. What was so marvellous about the Maya
- Geography
- Where the river flows, rivers, coasts and mountains
- Computing
- Sharing information over computing systems and networks. Creating media through video editing. Selection in physical computing. Creating media through vector drawing. Selection in quizzes. Flat-file databases
- Art
- Sketching and painting portraits and people. Sketching and painting observational, still life and landscapes. Printing. 3D art. Taking one picture by a famous artist from the National Gallery
- Design and technology
- Project-based, enquiry-led design projects linked to money containers. Project-based, enquiry-led design projects linked to bridges
Year 6Autumn 1 and Spring 1 and Summer 1
- Science
- Light and electricity. Evolution. Living things and their habitats
- History
- Who should have the power, including the changing role of the monarchy. Changes from the Stone Age to the Iron Age
- Geography
- Natural disasters
- Computing
- Computing systems and networks, focusing on communication. Creating media, including web page creation. Programming A, variables in games
- Art
- Sketching and painting portraits and people. Sketching and painting observational, still life and landscapes. Printing. 3D art. Take One Picture artist study with the National Gallery
- Design and technology
- Project-based, enquiry-led design linked to torches. Project-based, enquiry-led design linked to containers
Read on 11 November 2026 from the school's Curriculum page. The maps: REC OVERVIEW, Y1 OVERVIEW, Y2 OVERVIEW, Y3 OVERVIEW, Y4 OVERVIEW, Y5 OVERVIEW, Y6 OVERVIEW.
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School details: Get Information about Schools, Department for Education, URN 100711. Checked 9 November 2026.
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