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Waterside School[1]

Special · ages 5–11

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Results

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Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
27% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
0% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score
100 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score
95 2024/25[2]
All results, 2021/22
Not published[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2023/24 9%[4] 0%[4] 104[4] 100[4]
2022/23 0%[5] 0%[5] 96[5] 93[5]
2018/19 9%[6] 0%[6] 94[6] 93[6]
2017/18 15%[7] 0%[7] 96[7] 94[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
24 May 2023[8]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[8]
Report published
11 Jul 2023[8]
Personal development
Outstanding[8]
Quality of education
Outstanding[8]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[8]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[8]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[8]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[8]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
6 Mar 2018[9] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[9] No overall grade[9]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Community special school[1]
Ages
5–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
48[1]
Local authority
Greenwich[1]
Website
http://www.imperiumfederation.co.uk[1]
District
Greenwich[10]
Postcode
SE18 7NB[1]
URN
133401[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
38 2024/25[11]
English as an additional language
2.6% 2024/25[11]
SEN support
0% 2024/25[11]
EHC plan
100% 2024/25[11]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
81.6% 2024/25[11]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
66.7%[12]
Mixed
17.8%[12]
Asian
0%[12]
Black
15.6%[12]
Any other ethnic group
0%[12]
Unclassified
0%[12]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
    This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.