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Reay Primary School

Primary · LONDON · SW9 0EN

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 4 December 2024

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At a glance

216 pupils · 86% of 250 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Foundation school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
51.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
38.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
18.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.reay.lambeth.sch.uk/
URN
100634

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 26 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 0.87 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 696.8 m (≈0.43 mi); distance decided places in 7 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. At its inspection on 4 December 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. 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

0.87 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 26 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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 696.8 m (≈0.43 mi) for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 696.8 m (≈0.43 mi)

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
77%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
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 school77%
Median of its 12 closest peers61%
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
Morden Primary SchoolMorden · 7 miles awayGood65%
St Peter's CofE Aided Junior SchoolWisbech · 83 miles awayGood54%
Capel Manor Primary SchoolEnfield · 14 miles awayExpected standard57%
Sir John Lillie Primary SchoolFulham · 4 miles awayGood (2016)70%
Ash Hill Primary SchoolHigh Wycombe · 28 miles awayUrgent improvement43%
Park Primary SchoolAldershot · 32 miles awayNo current grade67%
St Ambrose Catholic Primary SchoolStockport · 158 miles awayGood45%
St William's Catholic Primary SchoolWigan · 177 miles awayGood54%
Radcliffe Hall Church of England Methodist Primary SchoolManchester · 171 miles awayGood50%
Deptford Park Primary SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayGood69%
Haberdashers' Knights PrimaryBromley · 6 miles awayGood73%
Butts Primary SchoolWalsall · 110 miles awayGood68%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 18% (Lambeth 19%, England 5%) · Any other White background 16% (Lambeth 14%, England 7%) · White British 16% (Lambeth 19%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 13% (Lambeth 9%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 10% (Lambeth 11%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 9% (Lambeth 6%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 6% (Lambeth 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5% (Lambeth 5%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Lambeth 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Lambeth 2%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Lambeth 1%, England 2%) · 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)
5.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.68 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
18.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

84% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 16% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 17.62% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

66.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.5 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 £60,866; 16.7% 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£10,818
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £366,205; in-year balance +£67,257

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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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher47.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work38.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways26.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health50.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier22.6%62.3%
Social housing51.5%17.1%
Privately rented25.9%20.5%
Detached houses0.9%22.9%
Flats85.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms5.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van66.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003181 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£555,0001,215 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£425,000–£816,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (7)£1,800,000
Semi-detached (23)£1,495,000
Terraced (136)£1,037,500
Flat (1049)£522,500

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 (0.70 km, 2026 entry): 575 sales, median £515,000. 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
7an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
33an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
174an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
30an 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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