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Glenbrook Primary School

Primary · London · SW4 8LD

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Strong standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Strong standardAchievement: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 20 January 2026 · report published 1 March 2026

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At a glance

153 pupils · 34% of 450 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
64.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
65.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
21.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
9.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.glenbrookprimary.co.uk
URN
100601

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 12 families named it first for 21 Reception places, 0.57 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 688.51 m (≈0.43 mi); distance decided places in 1 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 20 January 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Strong standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.57 first-choice applications per place

21 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 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 (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 688.51 m (≈0.43 mi)

measured in a straight line.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

21 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
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
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 peers67%
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
Thomas Fairchild Community SchoolLondon · 6 miles awayGood79%
Griffin Primary SchoolLondon · 1 miles awayRequires improvement50%
Brecknock Primary SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayGood48%
St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayGood69%
St Matthias Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayGood80%
Kilburn Grange SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayGood65%
Falconbrook Primary SchoolLondon · 2 miles awayGood56%
Hawthorn Primary SchoolNewcastle upon Tyne · 251 miles awayGood69%
Duncombe Primary SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayGood79%
Seven Mills Primary SchoolLondon · 6 miles awayGood55%
Brentnall AcademySalford · 168 miles awayExpected standard75%
St Thomas' CofE Primary SchoolLondon · 6 miles awayOutstanding60%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 31% (Lambeth 19%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 14% (Lambeth 11%, England 1%) · Any other White background 11% (Lambeth 14%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 9% (Lambeth 6%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 9% (Lambeth 9%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 9% (Lambeth 5%, England 2%) · White British 7% (Lambeth 19%, England 60%) · Any other Black background 3% (Lambeth 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Lambeth 2%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Lambeth 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Lambeth 2%, England 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%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
21.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

3.20 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
17.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

80% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 20% 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)

55.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 1.6 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 £73,056; 33.3% 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£12,699
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (76%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 12% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 1% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £88,360; in-year balance +£577,647

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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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher52.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work41.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier34.2%62.3%
Social housing44.3%17.1%
Privately rented21.5%20.5%
Detached houses1.5%22.9%
Flats85.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms8.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van59.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003159 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£595,0001,332 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£445,000–£885,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (11)£1,140,000
Semi-detached (60)£1,615,000
Terraced (325)£1,060,000
Flat (936)£505,000

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 (0.69 km, 2024 entry): 567 sales, median £605,000. 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
4an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
11an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
54an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
12an 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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