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St Barnabas and St Philip's CofE Primary School

Primary · London · W8 6EJ

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Good

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: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 30 April 2024

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At a glance

220 pupils · 105% of 210 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
23.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
33.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
6.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.sbsp.rbkc.sch.uk
URN
100493

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 24 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 0.80 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 Good on 30 April 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.80 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 24 first-choice applications · usually has places

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)

Criterion 5 (Community)
1.563 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
89%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
15%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
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 school89%
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
Lowther Primary SchoolLondon · 2 miles awayGood79%
Windmill Primary School and NurseryWokingham · 29 miles awayGood (2016)70%
St Thomas Primary SchoolExeter · 155 miles awayGood43%
Statham Primary SchoolLymm · 162 miles awayGood90%
Hillsgrove Primary SchoolWelling · 14 miles awayGood68%
West Kidlington Primary and Nursery SchoolKidlington · 51 miles awayGood76%
Barley Close Community Primary SchoolBristol · 99 miles awayRequires improvement47%
Park Walk Primary SchoolLondon · 1 miles awayExpected standard67%
Emmanuel Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · 4 miles awayGood87%
Hogarth Primary SchoolBrentwood · 24 miles awayGood65%
Whitefield Community Primary SchoolManchester · 166 miles awayGood63%
Harris Primary Academy Kent HouseLondon · 9 miles awayOutstanding72%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other ethnic group 20% (Kensington and Chelsea 16%, England 3%) · Any other White background 20% (Kensington and Chelsea 21%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 14% (Kensington and Chelsea 12%, England 3%) · White British 12% (Kensington and Chelsea 18%, England 60%) · Black African 8% (Kensington and Chelsea 9%, England 5%) · Not recorded 6% (Kensington and Chelsea 5%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 4% (Kensington and Chelsea 4%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Kensington and Chelsea 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 3% (Kensington and Chelsea 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Kensington and Chelsea 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Kensington and Chelsea 3%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 2% (Kensington and Chelsea 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Kensington and Chelsea 1%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Kensington and Chelsea 4%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Kensington and Chelsea 1%, England 2%) · 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)
5.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16%
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)

70% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 30% 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)

58.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.2 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 £52,039; 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£9,016
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 56% (76%) · premises 11% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 23% (9%) · educational supplies 8% (4%) · bought-in professional services 13% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £561,563; in-year balance +£38,606

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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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher69.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work56.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health62.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier50.9%62.3%
Social housing4%17.1%
Privately rented45%20.5%
Detached houses2.8%22.9%
Flats61.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms28.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van46.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002817 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£1,070,0001,198 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£668,000–£1,920,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (11)£4,700,000
Semi-detached (17)£5,000,000
Terraced (135)£2,700,000
Flat (1035)£940,000

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
29an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
190an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
45an 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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