Ivydale Primary School

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

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At a glance

Type: Community school, run by the council
Ages: 3 to 11
Pupils: 463
Who it's for: Boys and girls
Address: Ivydale Road, London, SE15 3BU
Phone: 02076 392702

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What Ofsted found

Full inspection, July 2024.

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

Inspectors found a strong and supportive community, with local families speaking highly of the positive atmosphere and care.
Inspectors found pupils with SEND get the support they need and make excellent progress.

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 Ivydale Primary School's curriculum maps.

Year 1Autumn and Spring and Summer

Maths: Telling the time to the hour. Recognising and knowing the value of coins to 20p
Writing: Joining ideas and phrases using 'and'. Using simple adjectives to describe nouns. Spelling common exception words from the Year 1 list. Spelling regular plurals by adding -s. Naming and using adjectives, nouns and proper nouns
Phonics: Segmenting and spelling simple CVC words
Science: Gathering and recording data to help answer questions. Investigating the natural world through leaves, seeds and hibernation. Performing simple tests. Identifying and classifying living things. Naming wild and garden plants, including deciduous and evergreen trees. Structure of common flowering plants, including trees. Naming common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. Carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. Comparing the structure of common animals, including pets. Parts of the human body and the senses. Gathering and recording data to answer questions
History: Learning about changes within living memory
Geography: Making simple maps of familiar journeys. Making and interpreting daily and weekly weather charts. Seasonal and daily weather patterns in the United Kingdom
Computing: Designing and creating a digital card for a celebration. Creating a digital story in Scratch Junior
Art: Mixing different tones of primary colours. Using scissors. Talking about how creating art makes me feel
Music: Responding to music with physical movements. Reading musical notation of quavers and following musical instructions
PE: Throwing towards a target. Observing and describing different movements. Running, jumping, throwing and catching. Hitting a ball with a racquet. Benefits of exercise
RE: Why Christians celebrate Christmas. Belonging to Hinduism. Karma, Brahman and Krishna. Puja and leading a good life. Meaning of the Aum (om) symbol. Belonging to Sikhism. Story of Guru Nanak bathing in the river. Guru Gobind Singh and how Sikhs should look. The Amrit ceremony
PSHE: What can be special about living with family and friends

Year 2Autumn and Spring and Summer

Maths: Reading and writing numbers in numerals and words to 100. Representing multiplication as arrays using known multiples. Doubling and halving numbers up to double 10 and identifying odd and even numbers to 20. Interpreting tables and pictograms and constructing simple pictograms. Measuring length and height in metres and centimetres. Counting forwards and backwards in steps of 2, 5 and 10. Reading and writing numbers within 100 in numerals and words. Partitioning two-digit numbers in different ways. Adding two two-digit numbers within 100. Estimating to check answers are reasonable. Mentally subtracting a two-digit number from another two-digit number. Inverse relationship between addition and subtraction. Multiplication and division facts for 2, 5 and 10. Solving word problems and puzzles. Telling the time to 5 minute intervals. Money: relationship between pounds and pence. Properties of 2D and 3D shapes, including right angles. Simple scales in pictograms. Telling the time
English: Blending common graphemes to read accurately
Reading: Reading common exception words. Reading for pleasure and making simple predictions and inferences. Learning poems and rhymes by heart and retelling stories. Understanding the meaning of words through discussion. Using the index and contents page in non-fiction texts. Reading most words of two or more syllables. Reading words with common suffixes. Showing understanding of poems, stories and non-fiction. Sequencing events in texts. Recognising simple literary language in stories and poetry. Making links between books read. Making predictions. Sounding out unfamiliar words. Talking about and sharing books of choice. Reciting a repertoire of poems by heart
Writing: Writing poems, reports and accounts of real events using varied vocabulary. Using suffixes where the root word does not change. Spelling words with phonetically plausible attempts. Using capital letters, full stops, commas in a list and capital letters for proper nouns. Grammar terms: noun, noun phrase, suffix, adjective, adverb, verb, tense, apostrophe, comma. Evaluating writing by reading it back to check sense and accuracy. Proof-reading work for errors. Spelling common exception words. Using a dictionary to check spellings. Punctuation: capital letters, full stops, question and exclamation marks. Contractions and singular possessive apostrophes
Phonics: Decoding alternative sounds for graphemes
Science: Identifying and classifying farm animals and crops. Basic needs of animals including humans for survival. Features of Antarctic animals adapted to where they live. Comparing the suitability of everyday materials for particular uses. Performing simple tests and using observations to suggest answers. Using Celsius to measure temperature
History: Using sources to show knowledge of key features of events. Using a wide vocabulary of everyday historical terms. Mapping Shackleton's journey using an atlas. Events beyond living memory that are significant nationally or globally. Using sources to find out about significant historical events. Asking and answering questions using historical terms. Using a wide vocabulary of everyday historical terms
Geography: Naming and locating the world's seven continents and five oceans. Describing where food comes from and how it reaches the home. Using simple compass directions and locational language. Using simple fieldwork to study the school grounds. Geographical similarities and differences through studying habitats
Computing: Creating and debugging a simple program with background and sound in Scratch Junior. Recognising common uses of information technology outside school
Art: Using simple pencil shading to vary tone. Comparing and evaluating my work against criteria. Using pencil shading to create light and dark tones. Comparing different artworks of the same event. Using pencil shading to create light and dark tones. Comparing variously styled artworks of the same event or subject
Design and technology: Planning and evaluating work against given criteria
Music: Reading musical notation of semiquavers. Creating own music with a variety of percussion. Following or leading actions and musical instructions. Reading musical notation mixing quavers and semiquavers. Recognising rhythmic patterns found in speech. Rehearsing and performing for an audience
PE: Simple gymnastic moves including balancing. Simple net games using hands. Varying body shapes, levels and speeds in dance. Sequencing movements in dance. Improvising linking movements to create a phrase in dance. Controlling movements while walking, running and jumping. Throwing objects and hitting a target. Controlling a ball, dribbling and passing. Catching a variety of balls
RE: Special food and fasting in faith. Why Easter is important for Christians. How forgiveness is important to different faiths
PSHE: Understanding money: needs and wants

Year 3Autumn and Summer

Maths: Right angles and 2-D shapes. Counting, reading, writing, ordering and comparing numbers to 1,000. Recalling multiplication facts for the 3, 4 and 8 times tables. Recognising, finding, writing and ordering unit and non-unit fractions. Telling and writing the time to the nearest minute. Constructing and interpreting pictograms and bar charts
English: Reading accurately using phonics knowledge. Conjunctions to join clauses. Using full stops, commas in lists, exclamation marks and question marks. Using inverted commas to punctuate speech. Using the present perfect form of verbs. Spelling words from the same word family
Science: How soils are made. Describing key aspects of the water cycle, including evaporation and condensation. Functions of the parts of flowering plants. Humans and animals having skeletons and muscles
History: Changes in Britain since the Stone Age. The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain. Analysing historical sources. Using sources to find out about famous individuals
Geography: Latitude, longitude, Equator, hemispheres and time zones. Eight points of a compass and grid references
Computing: Decomposing the elements of a Scratch Junior story. Debugging errors in coding
Art: Using perspective lines to create depth in drawings. Using perspective lines to create depth in drawing
Music: Playing the recorder. Improvising rhythms
PE: Dribbling and passing a ball with the feet. Performing skills and movements with control. Using a range of different jumps
RE: Sikh sayings and Sikh beliefs

Year 4Autumn and Spring and Summer

Maths: Reading, writing, ordering and comparing numbers to at least 2,000. Adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominator. Perimeter of rectangles in centimetres and metres. Reading and writing analogue and digital time to the nearest minute. Reading, writing, counting, ordering and comparing numbers to 10,000. Recalling multiplication and division facts for all times tables up to 12 x 12. Adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominator. Measuring perimeter of rectangles in cm and m. Reading, writing and converting analogue and digital time, 12hr and 24hr. Comparing and ordering angles up to 180 degrees without a protractor. Interpreting and presenting data in bar charts and time graphs. Using coordinates in the first quadrant to complete a polygon
English: Reading a range of age appropriate texts accurately. Using the context of a text to work out the meaning of unfamiliar words. Using a dictionary accurately. Planning and writing extended narrative, non-fiction and poetry. Spelling words ending in -tion, -ssion, -sion, -cian
Reading: Reading and discussing fiction and non-fiction for pleasure. Drawing inferences about characters' feelings and thoughts
Writing: Organising writing into simple paragraphs. Joining handwriting strokes legibly and consistently
Science: Identifying and describing living things, habitats and animals and grouping them. Constructing and interpreting food chains with producers, predators and prey. Describing the simple functions of the parts of the digestive system and types of teeth
History: Who the Oba is and his role in the Ancient Kingdom of Benin. Achievements of the earliest civilizations. Ancient Egyptian life, art and culture from historical artefacts
Geography: Locating the world's countries, focusing on Europe and Africa. Locating the world's countries. Identifying key topographical features including rivers and oceans
Computing: Creating a survey to gather data. Converting a music track and score into code. Using the internet safely
Art: Accurate facial proportions in portraits. Using accurate facial proportions in portraits. Creating own Benin Bronze style piece using stylisation in clay or cardboard. Creating portraits with accurate facial proportions
Music: Singing simple songs by memory. Singing songs while strumming chords on the ukulele. Identifying and playing notated rhythms on the ukulele
PE: Developing ball skills. Swimming a range of strokes safely and effectively. Passing and receiving a ball in different ways. Bowling underarm and overarm and hitting a ball accurately
RE: Why Easter is important to Christians. Religious and world view differences in marriage

Year 5Autumn and Spring

Maths: Factors, multiples and prime numbers
History: Ancient Greek life, sources and locating Ancient Greece on a timeline. Using wartime artefacts to make deductions about the past
Art: Discussing the work of known artists and comparing to my own work
Music: Keyboard playing with the right hand and maintaining pulse. Improvising one-bar patterns using five notes
PE: Passing a ball using different techniques. Solving physical challenges and puzzles
Other: Chess piece moves. Reading and interpreting tables and timetables

Read on 10 November 2026 from the school's Curriculum Maps & Knowledge Organisers page. The maps: Y1 autumn overview, Year 1 spring overview, Year 1 summer overview, Y2 autumn overview, Year 2 spring overview, Year 2 summer overview, Y3 autumn overview, Year 3 summer overview, Y4 autumn overview, Year 4 spring overview, Year 4 summer overview, Y5 autumn overview, Year 5 spring overview.

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School details: Get Information about Schools, Department for Education, URN 100796. Checked 9 November 2026.

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