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Oratory Roman Catholic Primary School

Primary · London · SW3 6QH

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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 20 September 2023

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At a glance

210 pupils · 100% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
7.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
38.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.oratory.rbkc.sch.uk
URN
100491

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 59 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.97 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 20 September 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.97 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 59 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 (2025 entry)

Category 3d (Other Parish)
0.718 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
83%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
17%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
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 school83%
Median of its 12 closest peers69%
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
St John's CofE Primary and Nursery SchoolLondon · 9 miles awayGood87%
English Martyrs Catholic Primary SchoolRugby · 75 miles awayGood67%
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolUxbridge · 14 miles awayGood83%
St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolTelford · 131 miles awayGood66%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolBristol · 101 miles awayGood56%
Gillespie Primary SchoolLondon · 6 miles awayOutstanding89%
St Vincent's Catholic Primary SchoolDunstable · 32 miles awayExpected standard73%
St Robert's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyHarrogate · 182 miles awayGood62%
Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School, LoughboroughLoughborough · 99 miles awayGood58%
Countess Anne Church of England SchoolHatfield · 19 miles awayOutstanding64%
Heritage Park Primary SchoolPeterborough · 73 miles awayGood73%
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary SchoolMilton Keynes · 43 miles awayGood71%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 46% (Kensington and Chelsea 21%, England 7%) · White British 28% (Kensington and Chelsea 18%, England 60%) · Any other ethnic group 7% (Kensington and Chelsea 16%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Kensington and Chelsea 12%, England 3%) · Black African 4% (Kensington and Chelsea 9%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Kensington and Chelsea 3%, England 2%) · Not recorded 3% (Kensington and Chelsea 5%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Kensington and Chelsea 2%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Kensington and Chelsea 0%, England 0%) · 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)
5.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.2%
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 · 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
19.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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)

58.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.2 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 £62,361; 20% 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£8,403
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £147,208; in-year balance -£24,662

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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)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher49.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work37.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways25.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier21.8%62.3%
Social housing55.9%17.1%
Privately rented21.9%20.5%
Detached houses0%22.9%
Flats83.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms8.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van59.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002823 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£1,445,0001,223 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£800,000–£2,862,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (5)£5,750,000
Semi-detached (12)£8,687,500
Terraced (283)£3,600,000
Flat (923)£1,100,000

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
39an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
207an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
40an 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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