Alderbrook Primary School
Alderbrook Primary School is a primary school in London for ages 3 to 11.
Practise what Alderbrook Primary School is teaching this term
Daily maths in the order Alderbrook 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
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 216
- Who it's for
- Boys and girls
- Address
- Oldridge Road, London, SW12 8PP
- Phone
- 02086 734913
The school's websiteResults and performanceFull register entryMap
What Ofsted found
Full inspection, March 2024.
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- The quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
- Early years provision: Good
- Previous inspection grade: Good
- Inspectors found that pupils behave well in lessons and around the school and that bullying is rare and quickly resolved.
- Inspectors found that the school's reading teaching is effective, with nearly all pupils progressing briskly through the ambitious curriculum.
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
- The school describes itself as a safe and happy environment that nurtures the potential of every child, aiming for pupils to be curious, independent, confident and resilient.
Source: Alderbrook Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
How it teaches
- Reading is taught from systematic phonics foundations, building to fluency and then comprehension skills.
- French is taught by specialist teachers.
- Writing is taught through the Pie Corbett Talk for Writing scheme.
- The school is a beacon school for the London South West Maths Hub with a teaching for mastery specialist on staff.
Source: Alderbrook Primary School website; Alderbrook Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
Music, sport and trips
- Singing assemblies, the music curriculum and some peripatetic lessons are delivered by SING education.
- Children are taught swimming by specialist teachers.
- Pupils are given wider learning in context through trips and visitors.
- The school choir takes part in the Young Voices concert at the O2 as one of the musical high points.
Source: Alderbrook Primary School website; Alderbrook Primary School website; Alderbrook Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
Admissions
- Applications for Nursery places for September 2027 entry have a deadline of Friday 5th February 2027.
Source: Alderbrook Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
Nursery
- Full time and part time nursery places are offered, with part time places being 3 hours each weekday morning.
- Limited nursery spaces may be available for January 2028 and April 2028 for children who have turned 3 in the term leading up to those dates.
Source: Alderbrook Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
What each year group is learning
From Alderbrook Primary School's curriculum maps.
Year 1Autumn 1 and Autumn 2 and Spring 1 and Spring 2 and Summer 1 and Summer 2
- Maths
- Comparing quantities and measures. Introduction to whole and parts. Composition of numbers 0 to 10. Geometry: properties of shape. Additive structures: aggregation, partitioning, augmentation and reduction. Addition and subtraction strategies. Composition of numbers 11 to 19, including measurement of length and height. Grouping data. Measurement of mass and volume. Counting, unitising and coins. Fractions. Geometry: position and direction. Measurement: time
- English
- Traditional tales, using Jack and the beanstalk as a model text. List poems, using a model text. Instructional writing, following a recipe. Writing about How To Tame a Unicorn as a model text. Narrative adventure story, using Lost and found as a model text. Traditional tale, using Three Billy Goats Gruff as a model text. Non chronological report, using Slowly, Slowly said the Sloth as a model. Postcard writing, using a holiday postcard model. Narrative familiar setting, using The Tiger Who Came to Tea as a model. Poetry with rhyming couplets. Personal recount, diary entry, using a pirate day as a model. Informal letter writing
- Reading
- Comprehension skills learned through images
- Science
- Seasons, autumn and winter. Animals including humans, learning about the body. Everyday materials. Seasons and plants, spring and summer. Animals including humans, amazing animals. Cool climates
- History
- What has changed since grandparents were young
- Geography
- Where do I live?. Trip on the London Eye. Exploring Great Britain
- Computing
- Programming. Digital writing and drawing. Coding. Computer systems and networks, technology around us
- Art
- Making a moving picture to entertain a reader. Cutting, rolling and coiling. Designing a swinging chair fit for a Queen. Drawing Mr Doodle and comparing to Paul Klee
- Music
- Starting out with music. Exploring pulse and rhythm. Holiday time, world music
- PE
- Spatial awareness and invasion games. Sending and receiving games. Striking and fielding games. Gymnastics and team building. Athletics, yoga and swimming. Dance and net and wall games
- RE
- What Christians need to do to follow God. Good and evil in the Diwali story. Why promises are important in Judaism. Why Jesus is an important role model today. How we can help other people, Sikhism
- PSHE
- Creating a positive classroom climate, basic feelings and being healthy. Basic feelings and family. Problem solving, feelings and looking after ourselves. Sharing, caring, friendship and problem solving. Intermediate feelings and safety. Advanced feelings and sun safety
- Other
- Learning about what the brain is. The learning process and successful learners. Growth mindset
Year 3Autumn 1 and Autumn 2 and Spring 1 and Spring 2 and Summer 1 and Summer 2
- Maths
- Composition and calculation of numbers to 100 and 3-digit numbers. Securing mental strategies to 999. Numbers, days and months. Manipulating the additive relationship. Column addition. Times tables of 2, 4 and 8. Scaling number facts by 10. Column subtraction. Fractions: parts, unit fractions. Unit and non-unit fractions. Adding and subtracting within one whole. Properties of shape, time and statistics
- English
- Writing narrative portal stories and descriptive poems
- Reading
- Reading poetry and non-fiction about Mary Anning
- Writing
- Non-chronological reports and instructions. Rhyming couplets poetry. Adventure rescue stories. Persuasive job adverts and flyers. Rags to riches narrative and stanza poetry. Witness statements. Scientific explanation writing. Paint me a poem
- Science
- Rocks. How the brain is structured. Forces and magnets. Human bodies and families. Light. Animals including humans, nutrition and movement. Life cycle of plants. What makes the Earth angry
- History
- The Stone Age to the Iron Age. Stone Age tools. Ancient Egypt, Indus Valley, Shang Dynasty and Sumer
- Geography
- Counties and a continent. Where people would rather live
- Computing
- Coding in computer science. Desktop publishing. Branching databases. Connecting computers in systems and networks. Events and actions in programmes. Stop frame animation
- Art
- Drawing and proportion. Painting in the style of Edvard Munch
- Design and technology
- Designing and making packaging to advertise rock cakes. Bread-based product with a filling for a tourist’s lunch. Moving volcano using pneumatics
- Music
- Playing the glockenspiel in a singing project. Music around the world
- PE
- Hockey and netball. Football and outdoor adventurous activities. Tag rugby and basketball. Tennis and gymnastics. Cricket and yoga. Athletics and dance
- RE
- Buddhism. Sacred places in Christianity and Islam
- PSHE
- Basic emotions, emergencies and healthy diet including bacteria and viruses. What you need to be happy. Personal qualities, manners and relationships
- French
- Greetings in French
Read on 10 November 2026 from the school's Curriculum Overview page. The maps: Year 1 Yearly Overview, Year 3 Yearly Overview.
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School details: Get Information about Schools, Department for Education, URN 100995. Checked 9 November 2026.
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