John Ball Primary School
John Ball Primary School is a primary school in London for ages 2 to 11.
Practise what John Ball Primary School is teaching this term
Daily maths in the order John Ball Primary School teaches it, where its maps give one. English keeps to the usual order for their year. Start with a free five-minute class.
At a glance
- Type
- Community school, run by the council
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Pupils
- 672
- Who it's for
- Boys and girls
- Address
- Southvale Road, London, SE3 0TP
- Phone
- 02088 521601
The school's websiteResults and performanceFull register entryMap
What Ofsted found
Full inspection, May 2024.
- Overall effectiveness: Outstanding
- The quality of education: Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Outstanding
- Early years provision: Outstanding
- Inspectors found that pupils' conduct and behaviour for learning are exceptional, with rules and routines set up jointly with pupils.
- The report says pupils with SEND experience the same curriculum as their peers and staff adapt teaching so these pupils can access learning and achieve the intended outcomes.
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.
What each year group is learning
From John Ball Primary School's curriculum maps.
Reception
- Maths
- Comparing quantities using terms such as less than and more than. Weight, length and capacity
- Phonics
- Blending CVC words
- Science
- Floating and sinking and sources of light
- Art
- Mark making and primary colours. Artists such as Yayoi Kusama and Frida Kahlo
- Music
- Songs and dance performances
- PE
- Dance and negotiating space
- PSHE
- Valuing difference and anti-bullying
Year 1Spring 1 and Spring 2 and Summer 1 and Autumn 1 and Autumn 2 and Summer 2
- Maths
- Addition and subtraction within 20. Measuring length, height, weight and volume. Multiplication and division. Fractions
- English
- Writing to entertain through story settings and a story about a lonely beast. Writing instructions for making bread. Noun phrases, capital letters and full stops. Writing a recount of a school trip. Conjunctions and exclamations
- History
- Toys in the past and present. Local history in living memory. UK kings, queens and leaders. Christopher Columbus. Creating a personal timeline
- Geography
- Mapping my school and my world. Key human and physical features in the local area. Around the world. My local area
Year 3
- History
- Ancient Greece
- Geography
- Extreme Earth
- Art
- Drawing, painting and sculpture
- Design and technology
- Mechanisms, food technology and textile technology
- Music
- Call and response, rhythm and melody
- RE
- World religions including Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and Humanism
Year 4Autumn 2 and Spring 1 and Summer 1 and Summer 2 and Autumn 1
- Maths
- Area, length and perimeter. Fractions and decimals. Money and time. Geometry, position, direction and statistics
- Science
- Human digestive system. States of matter, sound and electricity
- History
- Ancient Rome
- Computing
- Internet, email, coding and word processing
- Art
- Drawing, painting and printing
- RE
- Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and Humanism
Year 5Autumn 1 and Autumn 2 and Summer 2 and Spring 1 and Spring 2 and Summer 1
- Maths
- Place value, addition and subtraction. Multiplication and division, statistics and perimeter and area. Position and direction, converting units and volume
- English
- Letter writing to inform. Performance poetry. Newspaper report writing to inform. Alternative story writing using an original as inspiration. Debate text on an ethical dilemma. Grammar: brackets, dashes and commas for parenthesis. Grammar: changing nouns or adjectives into verbs. Grammar: nouns, verbs, conjunctions, pronouns and adverbs
- Science
- Forces. Earth and space
- Geography
- Land use and settlements. Physical features of the UK. Geography of China
- Computing
- Coding. Spreadsheets
- Art
- Painting, printing and drawing
- Design and technology
- Mechanisms, textiles and food technology
- Music
- Rock band composition
- PE
- Handball. Dodgeball. TAG rugby. Hockey. Competitive SSGs. Gymnastics and dance
- RE
- Judaism. Christianity. Hinduism. Buddhism. Islam. Humanism
- PSHE
- Healthy lifestyles and puberty
- French
- Monster pets. Space poets. Food shopping. Regular -er verbs. My family
Read on 10 November 2026 from the school's Curriculum Maps page. The maps: Reception Curriculum, Year 1 Curriculum, Year 3 Curriculum, Year 4 Curriculum, Year 5 Curriculum.
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School details: Get Information about Schools, Department for Education, URN 100709. Checked 9 November 2026.
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Help your child with what John Ball Primary School is teaching this term
Daily maths in the order the school teaches it, English in the usual order for their year, with a weekly view of what they have mastered.