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St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School

Primary · London · SW4 9QJ

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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 12 November 2024

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At a glance

272 pupils · 86% of 315 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
37.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
77% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.st-marys.lambeth.sch.uk
URN
100636

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 2019 entry went to 2476.44 m (≈1.54 mi); distance decided places in 1 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. At its inspection on 12 November 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 4.9% 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 2476.44 m (≈1.54 mi) for 2019 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2019 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 2476.44 m (≈1.54 mi)

measured in a straight line.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Any other children.
1069.57 m (≈0.66 mi)

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
59%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
3%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
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 school59%
Median of its 12 closest peers61%
Lambeth average69.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
Garfield Primary SchoolLondon · 11 miles awayGood54%
Park AcademyBoston · 106 miles awayGood53%
Holy Trinity Primary SchoolBury · 173 miles awayGood37%
Horton Mill Community Primary SchoolOldham · 166 miles awayRequires improvement47%
Lilycroft Primary SchoolBradford · 176 miles awayGood70%
Carpenters Primary SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayGood62%
St Mary's Lewisham Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · 5 miles awayStrong standard60%
St Joachim's Catholic Primary SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayExpected standard66%
Springfield Community Primary SchoolLondon · 9 miles awayOutstanding71%
New Monument Primary AcademyWoking · 19 miles awayGood55%
Kensington Primary AcademyLondon · 4 miles awayOutstanding (2018)65%
Sunnyfields Primary SchoolLondon · 10 miles awayStrong standard80%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 35% (Lambeth 19%, England 5%) · Any other White background 20% (Lambeth 14%, England 7%) · Black Caribbean 8% (Lambeth 11%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 7% (Lambeth 9%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 7% (Lambeth 6%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 6% (Lambeth 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 6% (Lambeth 5%, England 2%) · White British 6% (Lambeth 19%, England 60%) · Not recorded 3% (Lambeth 2%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Lambeth 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 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)
4.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.72 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
21.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

78% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 22% 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)

66.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 15.2 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 £62,825; 20% 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£10,088
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£125,377; in-year balance -£14,479

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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)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher58.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work47.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways19.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health54.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier25.8%62.3%
Social housing42.8%17.1%
Privately rented31.3%20.5%
Detached houses1.2%22.9%
Flats82.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms9.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van61.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003032 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£634,5001,185 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£486,000–£925,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (11)£1,140,000
Semi-detached (53)£1,950,000
Terraced (266)£1,205,000
Flat (855)£565,000

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 (2.48 km, 2019 entry): 7,580 sales, median £625,000. 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
6an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
31an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
202an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
39an 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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