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Our Lady of Grace Catholic Primary School

Primary · London · SE7 7HR

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Outstanding

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

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

Inspected 22 March 2023

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At a glance

416 pupils · 99% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
21.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
19.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
3.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.ourladyofgracecatholicprimaryschool.co.uk
URN
100168

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 64 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 1.07 first choices per place. We hold 14 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2011 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 22 March 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.07 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 64 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. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
87%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
45%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
111
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
112
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 school87%
Median of its 12 closest peers67.5%
Greenwich average74%
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
Abbey Junior SchoolSmethwick · 110 miles awayNo current grade74%
St Peter and St Paul CofE Primary SchoolBexhill-on-Sea · 48 miles awayOutstanding80%
St Andrew's CofE Primary SchoolEnfield · 13 miles awayGood69%
Lauriston SchoolLondon · 5 miles awayGood75%
Parkdale Primary SchoolNottingham · 113 miles awayGood76%
Martins Wood Primary SchoolStevenage · 31 miles awayExpected standard65%
Eccleston Mere Primary SchoolSt Helens · 180 miles awayExpected standard66%
Newlands Spring Primary and Nursery SchoolChelmsford · 26 miles awayGood60%
Hillhouse CofE Primary SchoolWaltham Abbey · 14 miles awayGood43%
Mossbourne Riverside AcademyLondon · 5 miles awayOutstanding (2018)92%
South View Community Primary SchoolPeterborough · 83 miles awayGood60%
Mount Pleasant Primary SchoolBrierley Hill · 114 miles awayRequires improvement53%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 33% (Greenwich 21%, England 5%) · White British 16% (Greenwich 26%, England 60%) · Any other White background 15% (Greenwich 14%, England 7%) · Any other Black background 7% (Greenwich 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 6% (Greenwich 2%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Greenwich 7%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Greenwich 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 4% (Greenwich 3%, England 4%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Greenwich 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Greenwich 3%, England 2%) · White Irish 2% (Greenwich 0%, England 0%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Greenwich 3%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Greenwich 6%, England 2%) · 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)
3.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.24 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Greenwich: 1.12 suspensions and 0.00 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
25.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

76% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school · 18% 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)

45.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.5 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 £57,105; 26.7% 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£8,356
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (76%) · premises 10% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £224,317; in-year balance -£264,996

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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)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher43.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work33.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways22.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier23.3%62.3%
Social housing57.2%17.1%
Privately rented19.5%20.5%
Detached houses5.6%22.9%
Flats73.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms7.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van45.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001594 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£520,000659 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£380,000–£715,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (25)£1,160,000
Semi-detached (74)£700,000
Terraced (243)£680,000
Flat (317)£389,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters 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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
7an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
43an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
9an 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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