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St Paul's Church of England Primary School

Primary · London · NW3 3DS

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 3 February 2026 · report published 17 May 2026

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At a glance

174 pupils · 83% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
38.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
31.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.stpauls.camden.sch.uk
URN
100046

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 32 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.07 first choices per place. We hold 16 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2010 to 2025; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 3 February 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.07 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 32 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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)

Open criterion
0.39 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
90%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
109
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 school90%
Median of its 12 closest peers56.5%
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
Royal Rise Primary SchoolTonbridge · 31 miles awayExpected standard73%
St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham · 105 miles awayExpected standard63%
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolWorksop · 127 miles awayNeeds attention52%
The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery SchoolWakefield · 158 miles awayGood56%
Abbey CofE AcademyDaventry · 65 miles awayGood56%
Roach Vale Primary SchoolColchester · 53 miles awayGood57%
Wooburn Green Primary SchoolHigh Wycombe · 23 miles awayGood80%
St Catherine's Catholic Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 245 miles awayGood33%
Harris Primary Academy BensonCroydon · 13 miles awayOutstanding74%
Newtown Community Primary SchoolTrowbridge · 90 miles awayNo current grade47%
Our Lady and St Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolLeamington Spa · 78 miles awayGood53%
Rivendell Flying High AcademyNottingham · 105 miles awayOutstanding71%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 33% (Camden 20%, England 60%) · Any other White background 30% (Camden 18%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 7% (Camden 3%, England 2%) · Black African 5% (Camden 12%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 5% (Camden 14%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Camden 7%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 4% (Camden 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Camden 4%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (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%) · Any other Black background 1% (Camden 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Camden 2%, England 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)
4.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11%
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
19.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

70% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 30% left the state-funded sector

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)

33.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.3 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 £65,228; 36.4% 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£11,076
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (76%) · premises 10% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £54,964; in-year balance -£151,582

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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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher65.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work53%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health62.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier43.1%62.3%
Social housing17.1%17.1%
Privately rented39.8%20.5%
Detached houses6.7%22.9%
Flats86.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms21.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van43.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01000967 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£862,500949 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£620,000–£1,625,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (20)£11,753,000
Semi-detached (22)£4,179,000
Terraced (106)£2,230,000
Flat (801)£770,000

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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
14an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
58an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
7an 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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