Alfred Salter Primary School

Alfred Salter Primary School is a primary school in London for ages 3 to 11.

Daily practice for Alfred Salter Primary School pupils

Daily maths and English that follow the national curriculum for your child's year. Start with a free five-minute class.

Full inspection, June 2024.

Overall effectiveness: Alfred Salter Primary School continues to be a good school.
Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

Inspectors found pupils behave well in and out of lessons and are respectful towards each other and adults.
The report says some pupils' attendance is not high enough, so they do not benefit fully or achieve as well as they could.
The report says occasionally some pupils struggle to blend letter sounds when reading longer words, which hampers their fluency.

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.

The school's values are: A Place To Grow, Be Courageous, Everything we do matters and Discover Together.

Pupils follow the Oxford Reading Tree scheme, with Dandelion phonics books in Reception and Year One, plus a home-school reading system.

Where year groups are full, a waiting list is kept and places are offered first to the child at the top according to Southwark's agreed admissions criteria.
Reception applications for September 2027 and Nursery applications for January or September 2027 are being accepted.

Tours are offered for families seeking Nursery and Reception places and for other year groups.

The school is a fully inclusive school that is willing to adapt its curriculum to meet individual needs.

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For Years 1 to 6, with a weekly view of what they have mastered and an 11+ track when you're ready.