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Fitzjohn's Primary School

Primary · London · NW3 6NP

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 18 April 2024

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At a glance

228 pupils · 109% of 210 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
13.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
59.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
7.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.fitzjohns.camden.sch.uk/
URN
100026

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 30 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 0.41 miles; distance decided places in 16 of the 16 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2010 to 2025. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 18 April 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 30 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.41 miles for 2025 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry) lived within 0.41 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

27 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
81%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
22%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school81%
Median of its 12 closest peers72%
Camden average75.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
St Mary Abbots CofE Primary SchoolLondon · 4 miles awayGood72%
St Meryl SchoolWatford · 10 miles awayExpected standard57%
Trent CofE Primary SchoolBarnet · 7 miles awayOutstanding69%
Christ Church Primary SchoolBarnet · 7 miles awayGood77%
Hampstead Parochial Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · under 1 mile awayGood85%
Holy Trinity Primary SchoolBristol · 102 miles awayGood67%
St John's Catholic Primary SchoolBanbury · 60 miles awayGood43%
Foulds SchoolBarnet · 7 miles awayGood84%
Perryfields Junior SchoolChelmsford · 31 miles awayOutstanding91%
Aldryngton Primary SchoolReading · 33 miles awayOutstanding82%
Elmridge Primary SchoolAltrincham · 154 miles awayGood66%
Saint Mary's RC Primary Academy BostonBoston · 99 miles awayGood72%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 44% (Camden 18%, England 7%) · White British 21% (Camden 20%, England 60%) · Any other ethnic group 8% (Camden 8%, England 3%) · Black African 4% (Camden 12%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Camden 4%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Camden 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Camden 7%, England 3%) · Not recorded 3% (Camden 2%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Camden 1%, England 4%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Camden 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Camden 2%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Camden 3%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Camden 14%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Camden 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
18.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.17 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Camden: 1.16 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
22.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

66.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 18.4 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £67,540; 16.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£10,423
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 67% (76%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 17% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 11% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£370,813; in-year balance -£163,628

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher79.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications4.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work68.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways5.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health66.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier55.7%62.3%
Social housing4%17.1%
Privately rented40.3%20.5%
Detached houses4%22.9%
Flats84.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms18.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van40.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01000897 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£1,060,000895 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£680,000–£1,839,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (27)£5,000,000
Semi-detached (43)£3,980,000
Terraced (101)£2,345,000
Flat (724)£900,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.66 km, 2025 entry): 460 sales, median £1,240,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
19an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
110an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
11an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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