Holy Cross Catholic Primary School is a mixed local-authority maintained primary school in London, London Borough of Lewisham, teaching 231 pupils aged 3 to 11. Its last Ofsted inspection in May 2023 found the school remains Outstanding. In 2024–2025, 83% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 1 September 2025 to 20 July 2026.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for Holy Cross Catholic Primary School.

Latest inspection
Outstanding Ungraded inspection
Outcome: School remains Outstanding. Ungraded (short) inspections confirm whether standards are maintained since the last full graded inspection — they don’t assign new category grades.
Ungraded inspection · Inspected 11 May 2023 · Published 2 Jul 2023
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Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Holy Cross Catholic Primary School.

Holy Cross Catholic Primary School term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Interactive Calendar

September 2025
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  • 1 Autumn Term begins
October 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 27–31 Autumn Half Term
November 2025
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December 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 19 Autumn Term ends
  • 22–31 Christmas Holiday
  • 25 Christmas Day
  • 26 Boxing Day
January 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–2 Christmas Holiday
  • 1 New Year's Day
  • 5 Spring Term begins
February 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
  • 16–20 Spring Half Term
March 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 27 Spring Term ends
  • 30–31 Easter Holiday
April 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–10 Easter Holiday
  • 3 Good Friday
  • 6 Easter Monday
  • 13 Summer Term begins
May 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 4 Early May Bank Holiday
  • 25–29 Summer Half Term
  • 25 Spring Bank Holiday
June 2026
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July 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 20 Summer Term ends
  • 21–31 Summer Holiday
August 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–31 Summer Holiday
  • 31 Summer Bank Holiday

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • Autumn Term begins Sep 1, 2025 Term
  • Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
  • Autumn Term ends Dec 19, 2025 Term
  • Spring Term begins Jan 5, 2026 Term
  • Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term ends Mar 27, 2026 Term
  • Summer Term begins Apr 13, 2026 Term
  • Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term ends Jul 20, 2026 Term
  • Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
  • Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Holiday Jul 21 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
  • New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
  • Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
  • Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
  • Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
  • Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
83% Expected standard at KS2 England 62% Top 9%
9.8% Persistent absence England 17.8% Top 30%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Holy Cross Catholic Primary School with London Borough of Lewisham and England.

Key stage 2 (end of primary) 83% Expected standard in reading, writing & maths

How Year 6 pupils did in the national tests.

This school London Borough of Lewisham England

Expected standard in reading, writing & maths · The headline primary measure 83%
London Borough of Lewisham 68% England 62% +21 vs England
Average reading scaled score · 100 = expected standard 107
London Borough of Lewisham 107 England 106 in line with England
Average maths scaled score · 100 = expected standard 107
London Borough of Lewisham 106 England 105 +2 vs England
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 29
Attendance 9.8% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school London Borough of Lewisham England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 9.8%
London Borough of Lewisham 16.4% England 17.8% -7.9 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 4%
London Borough of Lewisham 5.9% England 6.8% -2.8 vs England
About this data source & caveats

Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.

We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.

Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Holy Cross Catholic Primary School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.

Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Location & catchment area

Indicative catchment Other primary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Holy Cross Catholic Primary School than to any other primary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.