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Rosary Catholic Primary School

Primary · London · NW3 2AE

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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 29 September 2022

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At a glance

279 pupils · 78% of 360 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
46.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
52.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.rosary.camden.sch.uk/
URN
100035

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 31 families named it first for 45 Reception places, 0.69 first choices per place. We hold 16 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2010 to 2025; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 29 September 2022 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.69 first-choice applications per place

45 places offered · 31 first-choice applications · usually has places

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.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Cutoff by admission criterion (2025 entry)

Criterion not stated
0.647 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
73%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
32%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
110
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 school73%
Median of its 12 closest peers65.5%
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
Bracken Edge Primary SchoolLeeds · 167 miles awayGood54%
St Andrew's C of E Primary SchoolUxbridge · 13 miles awayGood59%
St Peter's Church of England Aided Junior SchoolDerby · 109 miles awayGood44%
De Havilland Primary SchoolHatfield · 14 miles awayGood61%
Fulham Primary SchoolLondon · 5 miles awayOutstanding73%
Archbishop Courtenay Primary SchoolMaidstone · 35 miles awayGood74%
King Edward Primary School & NurseryMansfield · 118 miles awayGood45%
Drapers' Pyrgo Priory SchoolRomford · 18 miles awayGood46%
Garfield Primary SchoolWimbledon · 9 miles awayNo current grade74%
Steeton Primary SchoolKeighley · 178 miles awayOutstanding73%
Kings Hedges Primary SchoolCambridge · 49 miles awayGood (2019)79%
St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolSalford · 162 miles awayExpected standard70%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 35% (Camden 20%, England 60%) · Black African 13% (Camden 12%, England 5%) · Any other White background 11% (Camden 18%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 9% (Camden 7%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 8% (Camden 1%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 7% (Camden 3%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 6% (Camden 8%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Camden 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Camden 3%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Camden 1%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Camden 4%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Camden 2%, England 1%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 1% (Camden 0%, England 0%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Camden 14%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Camden 0%, England 0%) · 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)
5.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
16
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)

72.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 6 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 £61,258; 13.6% 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£10,546
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 70% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 21% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 17% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £41,454; in-year balance -£86,441

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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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher65.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work54.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways20.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health55.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier19.1%62.3%
Social housing52.2%17.1%
Privately rented28.1%20.5%
Detached houses3.3%22.9%
Flats83.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van72.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01000898 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£945,0001,065 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£668,000–£1,700,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (18)£4,350,000
Semi-detached (43)£4,083,000
Terraced (134)£2,230,000
Flat (870)£850,000

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

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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
14an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
103an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
18an 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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