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Clapham Manor Primary School

Primary · London · SW4 0BZ

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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: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 5 October 2022

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At a glance

377 pupils · 90% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
40.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
41.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.claphammanor.lambeth.sch.uk
URN
100560

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 38 families named it first for 55 Reception places, 0.69 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2021 entry went to 1020.1 m (≈0.63 mi); distance decided places in 3 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 5 October 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.69 first-choice applications per place

55 places offered · 38 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 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2021 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1020.1 m (≈0.63 mi)

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
71%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
11%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
109
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 school71%
Median of its 12 closest peers60%
Lambeth average69.6%
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
West Hampstead Primary SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayExpected standard75%
Haslingden Primary SchoolRossendale · 180 miles awayGood58%
St Joan of Arc RC Primary SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayGood71%
Iveson Primary SchoolLeeds · 175 miles awayNo current grade59%
Christ The King Catholic AcademyBlackpool · 203 miles awayGood52%
Langtons Junior AcademyHornchurch · 17 miles awayGood55%
Alfred Salter Primary SchoolLondon · 5 miles awayGood73%
Kings Road Primary SchoolChelmsford · 32 miles awayGood58%
St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolLondon · 9 miles awayGood61%
Goose Green Primary and Nursery SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayGood55%
Pebble Brook Primary SchoolCrewe · 148 miles awayGood65%
St Anthony's Catholic Primary SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayGood72%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black Caribbean 22% (Lambeth 11%, England 1%) · Black African 15% (Lambeth 19%, England 5%) · White British 12% (Lambeth 19%, England 60%) · Any other White background 11% (Lambeth 14%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 11% (Lambeth 9%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 7% (Lambeth 6%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 5% (Lambeth 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Lambeth 5%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Lambeth 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Lambeth 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Lambeth 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Lambeth 2%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Lambeth 2%, England 5%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Lambeth 0%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Lambeth 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)
6.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
26.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

7.45 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Lambeth: 1.88 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
18.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

60% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school · 30% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

4.56% 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, 10.5 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 £61,581; 20.8% 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£10,145
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 68% (76%) · premises 9% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 7% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £600,455; in-year balance -£177,824

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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 higher77.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications3.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work69.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways6.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health65.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier42%62.3%
Social housing10.3%17.1%
Privately rented47.6%20.5%
Detached houses0.6%22.9%
Flats78.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms17%21.1%
Households with no car or van56.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003039 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£595,0001,281 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£457,000–£820,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (6)£1,089,000
Semi-detached (29)£1,920,000
Terraced (277)£1,095,000
Flat (969)£535,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.02 km, 2021 entry): 1,323 sales, median £596,500. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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
5an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
38an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
294an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
53an 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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