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St Stephen's CofE Primary School

Primary · London · W12 8LH

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Outstanding

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 7 November 2023

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At a glance

445 pupils · 100% of 446 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
13.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
38.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.ststephensce.lbhf.sch.uk/
URN
100353

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 99 families named it first for 59 Reception places, 1.68 first choices per place. We hold 8 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2015 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 7 November 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.68 first-choice applications per place

59 places offered · 99 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.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Foundation
0.556 miles
Open
0.219 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
91%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
44%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
114
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
111
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 school91%
Median of its 12 closest peers70%
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
Kingswood Primary School and NurseryBasildon · 30 miles awayGood67%
Great Ouse Primary AcademyBedford · 46 miles awayExpected standard67%
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School, HarlowHarlow · 23 miles awayGood67%
Monkshouse Primary AcademySpalding · 88 miles awayGood60%
Brady Primary SchoolRainham · 19 miles awayExpected standard76%
Malcolm Arnold Preparatory SchoolNorthampton · 59 miles awayGood75%
St Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolMorden · 8 miles awayStrong standard77%
North Primary School and NurseryColchester · 55 miles awayGood47%
St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolChertsey · 14 miles awayGood73%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, PoolePoole · 91 miles awayGood64%
Dixons Marchbank PrimaryBradford · 170 miles awayOutstanding77%
Walnut Tree Walk Primary SchoolLondon · 5 miles awayGood79%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 41% (Hammersmith and Fulham 22%, England 60%) · Any other White background 21% (Hammersmith and Fulham 18%, England 7%) · Black African 6% (Hammersmith and Fulham 12%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 6% (Hammersmith and Fulham 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Hammersmith and Fulham 8%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Hammersmith and Fulham 4%, England 2%) · Not recorded 3% (Hammersmith and Fulham 3%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Hammersmith and Fulham 13%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Hammersmith and Fulham 5%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Hammersmith and Fulham 2%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Hammersmith and Fulham 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Hammersmith and Fulham 4%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Hammersmith and Fulham 2%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Hammersmith and Fulham 1%, England 4%) · 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)
4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.23 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
23.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% 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)

59.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.1 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 £65,022; 10.5% 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£8,501
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 1% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £370,122; in-year balance +£45,602

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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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher60.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work45.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways17.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health58.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier25.3%62.3%
Social housing18%17.1%
Privately rented56.5%20.5%
Detached houses1.4%22.9%
Flats83.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms12.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van73.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001941 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£699,5001,278 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£470,000–£1,150,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (13)£1,750,000
Terraced (266)£1,355,000
Flat (996)£600,000

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
31an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
268an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
52an 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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