John Stainer Community Primary School

Mantle Road, Brockley, SE4 2DY

Community school for ages 3–11 in Brockley. Mixed intake.

John Stainer Community Primary School is a community primary school in Lewisham, teaching around 420 boys and girls aged 3 to 11, with nursery classes. Ofsted rated the school Outstanding in March 2024.

The school says it began in 1884 as Mantle Road School and was renamed John Stainer School in 1954. It also describes its wartime history, including damage to the school during the Second World War.

Ages 3–11 · Primary

421 pupils · On roll

Community school · Mixed

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