Areas with Outstanding primary and secondary schools

[alexh02]

Hi,

my first post here. Thank you very much for your help. I m looking areas commutable to London where we can have both outstanding/good state primary and secondary schools ..as my son is 7yo and my daughter is 18 months old
right now my son is in a small outstanding state school but we don’t state secondary schools in our area.. we are not in a rush to move but slowly starting to start searching for areas . I would super grateful if you had an indications on where to look at
thank you 🙏

Dulwich Village-fantastic local
schools and a highly
sought after secondary ( charter north)

Not sure when Outstanding was removed but I’ve seen it in 2025 inspections. What is more important is looking at history of inspections. Yoyo schools can often yoyo back down again. Consistency is the best guide and as long as it’s good, that’s fine.

September 2024. The single overall judgement was removed, following the reviews around the death of Ruth Perry (headteacher).

https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2024/09/removal-ofsted-single-word-judgements-schools/#:~:text=Schools%20in%20England%20will%20no,single%20word%20judgements%2C%20from%20today.

These are not Outstanding but are graded Inspections. Some are graded but some are not. Confusing!

They are all section 8 inspections ( ungraded) with the outcome ‘continues to be’ reflecting the previous inspection outcome.

Section 5 inspections are listed without an overall grade, with each school showing the 4/5 judgements.

Photo shows Thomas Hickman with a S8, St Mary’s with a S5.

No wonder parents are confused.