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Fox Primary School

Primary · London · W8 7PP

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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 11 October 2023

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At a glance

418 pupils · 100% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
9.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
78.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.fox.rbkc.sch.uk
URN
100482

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 140 families named it first for 58 Reception places, 2.41 first choices per place. We hold 8 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2009 to 2025; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 11 October 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

2.41 first-choice applications per place

58 places offered · 140 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 for 2025 entry were decided by random allocation (ballot), not distance.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Places for 2025 entry were decided by random allocation (ballot), not distance.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2014 entry)

Children living in the priority area
0.0608 miles

2014 is the most recent year we hold a cutoff for this school. It describes that year, not 2025.

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
42%
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 school91%
Median of its 12 closest peers78%
Kensington and Chelsea average75.6%
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
Mayespark Primary SchoolIlford · 13 miles awayGood65%
Longthorpe Primary AcademyPeterborough · 74 miles awayGood64%
Belmont Primary SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayStrong standard84%
Park Hall Junior AcademyWalsall · 105 miles awayNeeds attention68%
Brookland Junior SchoolLondon · 6 miles awayGood82%
Wendell Park Primary SchoolLondon · 2 miles awayGood76%
West Lodge Primary SchoolPinner · 10 miles awayGood76%
Brunswick Park Primary and Nursery SchoolLondon · 9 miles awayGood93%
Holy Cross RC SchoolLondon · 2 miles awayGood (2015)92%
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolPatchway, Bristol · 102 miles awayGood63%
Honeywell Junior SchoolLondon · 4 miles awayStrong standard84%
Wimbledon Chase Primary SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayGood80%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 37% (Kensington and Chelsea 21%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 16% (Kensington and Chelsea 12%, England 3%) · White British 15% (Kensington and Chelsea 18%, England 60%) · Any other ethnic group 11% (Kensington and Chelsea 16%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Kensington and Chelsea 3%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 3% (Kensington and Chelsea 1%, England 4%) · Asian Chinese 3% (Kensington and Chelsea 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 2% (Kensington and Chelsea 5%, England 1%) · Black African 2% (Kensington and Chelsea 9%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Kensington and Chelsea 2%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Kensington and Chelsea 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Kensington and Chelsea 4%, England 2%) · other groups together 2%

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)
4.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

7.71 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Kensington and Chelsea: 1.98 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
19.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

83% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 17% 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)

74.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.8 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 £59,427; 25% 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£12,862
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 64% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 24% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 21% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £583,156; in-year balance +£130,441

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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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher72.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications4.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work59.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways5.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health70.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier49.6%62.3%
Social housing2.9%17.1%
Privately rented47.5%20.5%
Detached houses2.8%22.9%
Flats56.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms21.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van51.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002827 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£1,500,0001,014 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£850,000–£3,000,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (9)£3,730,000
Semi-detached (18)£10,800,000
Terraced (176)£3,200,000
Flat (811)£1,260,000

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
6an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
36an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
227an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
22an 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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