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Sudbourne Primary School

Primary · London · SW2 5EF

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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 26 September 2023

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At a glance

296 pupils · 110% of 270 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
37.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
36.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
21.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.sudbourne.com
URN
100584

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 37 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.23 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 412.64 m (≈0.26 mi); distance decided places in 8 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 26 September 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

1.23 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 37 first-choice applications · 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 by distance, last offered at 412.64 m (≈0.26 mi) for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 412.64 m (≈0.26 mi)

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
72%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
8%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
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 school72%
Median of its 12 closest peers62.5%
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
Trumpington Meadows Primary SchoolCambridge · 50 miles awayGood63%
Manor Primary SchoolReading · 39 miles awayGood68%
Gardners Lane Primary SchoolCheltenham · 90 miles awayGood50%
Co-op Academy BroadhurstManchester · 166 miles awayGood62%
Fawcett Primary SchoolCambridge · 51 miles awayNeeds attention62%
Kenyngton Manor Primary SchoolSunbury-on-Thames · 13 miles awayExpected standard63%
Archbishop Courtenay Primary SchoolMaidstone · 30 miles awayGood74%
Drapers' Pyrgo Priory SchoolRomford · 19 miles awayGood46%
Rose Hill Primary SchoolOxford · 51 miles awayRequires improvement34%
Summerfield SchoolMilton Keynes · 49 miles awayGood66%
Queen's Park Primary SchoolBrighton · 44 miles awayExpected standard30%
Kingswood Primary SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayGood66%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 21% (Lambeth 19%, England 60%) · Black African 16% (Lambeth 19%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 16% (Lambeth 11%, England 1%) · Any other White background 8% (Lambeth 14%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 8% (Lambeth 6%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 7% (Lambeth 5%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Lambeth 9%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 6% (Lambeth 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 5% (Lambeth 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Lambeth 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Lambeth 1%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Lambeth 2%, England 5%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Lambeth 0%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Lambeth 1%, England 4%) · Not recorded 1% (Lambeth 2%, England 1%) · 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)
4.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.33 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
20.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

72% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 15% moved to another state school · 14% 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)

62.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 7.9 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 £64,739; 12.5% 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£9,671
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 65% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 15% (8%) · supplies and services 13% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 8% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £174,507; in-year balance +£85,779

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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)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher71.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications7.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work63.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health62%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier41.7%62.3%
Social housing21.5%17.1%
Privately rented36.7%20.5%
Detached houses0.5%22.9%
Flats63.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms20.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van54.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003019 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£564,0001,348 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£448,000–£745,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (7)£1,015,000
Semi-detached (21)£925,000
Terraced (315)£955,000
Flat (1005)£507,000

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 (0.41 km, 2026 entry): 201 sales, median £555,000. 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
36an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
301an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
69an 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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