Lucas Vale Primary School

LUCAS VALE PRIMARY SCHOOL  

Lucas Vale is situated in Deptford off the Lewisham Way, between Lewisham College and Goldsmiths University. It is well served by a range of public transport including good bus services, London Underground (East London Line currently being rebuilt) and British Rail (New Cross and New Cross Gate Stations), the Docklands Light Railway (Deptford Bridge) and British Rail (St John’s Station). It is easily accessible from central London.    

Lucas Vale is a two form entry school- with two bulge year groups (currently year 2 and 5)-and a Nursery. The school is part of the Grinling Gibbons and Lucas Vale Federation, which is led by an exceptional and visionary consultant executive head teacher. Currently, the school is in partnership with The Fairlawn and Haseltine Federation, two outstanding schools. 

We believe children learn best when they are taken out of their comfort zones, not spoon fed the learning; use their higher order thinking skills and explore and action their learning. We endeavour to ensure that we are at the forefront of innovative learning experiences, ensuring we deliver a world class education for all children.  

Our children come from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds which truly reflects the diversity of our community. We are situated in a low socio-economic area. Our children speak over 27 different languages. We are very proud of being an inclusive school where every child does matter. We have a highly committed team of staff who work hard to ensure that our pupils have the opportunity to succeed through high quality teaching for learning. Collegiality is a strong feature of the school and we believe that our success is collectively achieved.