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John Betts Primary School

Primary · London · W6 0UA

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Strong 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: Strong standardAchievement: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Strong standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 28 April 2026 · report published 7 September 2026

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At a glance

206 pupils · 98% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
8.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
36.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.johnbetts.lbhf.sch.uk
URN
100346

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 69 families named it first for 29 Reception places, 2.38 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.062 miles; distance decided places in 8 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2015 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 28 April 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Strong standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 2.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

2.38 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 69 first-choice applications · heavily 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. Places by distance, last offered at 0.062 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.062 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
100%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
36%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
111
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 school100%
Median of its 12 closest peers64.5%
Hammersmith and Fulham average77%
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 Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolFarnborough · 26 miles awayGood55%
Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary SchoolChelmsford · 34 miles awayGood69%
St Peter's Primary SchoolLondon · under 1 mile awayOutstanding90%
St Joseph's Primary SchoolSheffield · 138 miles awayGood30%
Lyncrest Primary SchoolNorthampton · 59 miles awayExpected standard45%
Marleigh Primary AcademyCambridge · 53 miles awayGood60%
All Saints Church of England Junior SchoolMaidenhead · 22 miles awayExpected standard69%
The Gateway Primary AcademyDartford · 21 miles awayGood83%
St Nicolas C.E. Junior SchoolNewbury · 47 miles awayGood54%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, BracknellBracknell Forest · 22 miles awayStrong standard90%
St John's Church of England Primary SchoolCheltenham · 83 miles awayGood55%
St John the Baptist Church of England Junior SchoolKingston upon Thames · 6 miles awayGood75%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 37% (Hammersmith and Fulham 22%, England 60%) · Any other White background 26% (Hammersmith and Fulham 18%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 11% (Hammersmith and Fulham 8%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 6% (Hammersmith and Fulham 3%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 4% (Hammersmith and Fulham 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 3% (Hammersmith and Fulham 1%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Hammersmith and Fulham 13%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Hammersmith and Fulham 1%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 2% (Hammersmith and Fulham 2%, England 1%) · Black African 2% (Hammersmith and Fulham 12%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Hammersmith and Fulham 4%, England 1%) · Not recorded 2% (Hammersmith and Fulham 3%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Hammersmith and Fulham 5%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Hammersmith and Fulham 4%, England 2%) · White Irish 1% (Hammersmith and Fulham 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 0%

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)
2.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
0.6%
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 · Hammersmith and Fulham: 1.30 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
19.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

78% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 22% 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)

64.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 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 £58,044; 28.6% 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£10,135
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 71% (76%) · premises 11% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £224,054; in-year balance -£148,215

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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 higher59.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work46.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health59.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier41.6%62.3%
Social housing32.8%17.1%
Privately rented25.5%20.5%
Detached houses2.2%22.9%
Flats62.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms24.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van49.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001928 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£655,000989 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£452,500–£1,180,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (9)£2,340,000
Semi-detached (56)£2,130,500
Terraced (239)£1,420,000
Flat (685)£526,000

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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
28an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
157an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
30an 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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