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Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School

Primary · London · W11 4BJ

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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

Inspected 1 October 2024

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At a glance

194 pupils · 62% of 315 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
47.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
36.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.stfrancisofassisi.org.uk
URN
100494

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 12 families named it first for 22 Reception places, 0.55 first choices per place. We hold 8 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2009 to 2025; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 1 October 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.55 first-choice applications per place

22 places offered · 12 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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2025 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2025 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
90%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
30%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
114
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
114
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 school90%
Median of its 12 closest peers64%
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 Matthew's CofE Primary SchoolEnfield · 12 miles awayGood62%
Robert Blair School and Children's CentreLondon · 5 miles awayGood (2019)44%
Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayOutstanding92%
St James the Great Roman Catholic Primary SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayGood75%
Harrington Hill Primary SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayGood66%
Littlecoates Primary AcademyGrimsby · 143 miles awayNo current grade70%
Holy Cross Catholic Primary SchoolSt Helens · 171 miles awayNeeds attention44%
Caedmon Community Primary SchoolGateshead · 245 miles awayGood74%
St Gabriel's CofE Primary SchoolLondon · 4 miles awayGood87%
Kingswood Primary AcademyCorby · 70 miles awayNo current grade54%
Meadow Bank Community SchoolBradford · 169 miles awayRequires improvement37%
Holy Saviour Roman Catholic Primary School, NelsonNelson · 182 miles awayGood57%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 18% (Kensington and Chelsea 9%, England 5%) · White British 16% (Kensington and Chelsea 18%, England 60%) · Any other ethnic group 11% (Kensington and Chelsea 16%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 11% (Kensington and Chelsea 12%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 11% (Kensington and Chelsea 4%, England 2%) · Any other White background 10% (Kensington and Chelsea 21%, England 7%) · Black Caribbean 9% (Kensington and Chelsea 4%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 5% (Kensington and Chelsea 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 3% (Kensington and Chelsea 5%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Kensington and Chelsea 2%, England 1%) · White Irish 2% (Kensington and Chelsea 0%, England 0%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Kensington and Chelsea 3%, England 2%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 1% (Kensington and Chelsea 0%, England 0%) · 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)
7.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
21.8%
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
20.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

79% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 18% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 10.76% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

33.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 7.1 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 £54,554; 21.4% 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£10,492
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 70% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 14% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 9% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£90,773; in-year balance +£197,726

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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)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher44.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications21.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work27.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways37.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier12.6%62.3%
Social housing76.4%17.1%
Privately rented10%20.5%
Detached houses0.4%22.9%
Flats90%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms7.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van65.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002870 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£1,050,000939 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£652,500–£1,562,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (8)£4,675,000
Semi-detached (12)£6,825,000
Terraced (154)£2,085,000
Flat (765)£900,000

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
8an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
25an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
97an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
24an 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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