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Boutcher Church of England Primary School

Primary · London · SE1 3BW

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Outstanding

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: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 14 July 2022

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At a glance

201 pupils · 96% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
34.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
16.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.boutcher.southwark.sch.uk/
URN
100822

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 41 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.37 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 14 July 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.37 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 41 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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
84%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
22%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
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 school84%
Median of its 12 closest peers64%
Southwark average69.9%
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
Childwall Valley Primary SchoolLiverpool · 176 miles awayExpected standard52%
Holy Spirit Catholic Primary SchoolSt Helens · 174 miles awayGood (2019)62%
Horizon Primary AcademySwanley · 12 miles awayGood77%
Twelve Apostles Catholic Primary SchoolSelect · 174 miles awayExpected standard60%
St Luke's CofE Primary SchoolBradford · 175 miles awayGood69%
Robins Lane Community Primary SchoolSt Helens · 174 miles awayGood54%
St John the Baptist RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyBurnley · 184 miles awayGood59%
Wyberton Primary AcademyBoston · 101 miles awayGood72%
St Mark's Catholic Primary School, WesterhopeNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 251 miles awayGood66%
Whittlefield Primary SchoolBurnley · 184 miles awayGood67%
Ash Grove Primary AcademyPONTEFRACT · 154 miles awayGood48%
Leigh Academy OaksMaidstone · 31 miles awayExceptional89%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 22% (Southwark 21%, England 60%) · Black African 19% (Southwark 23%, England 5%) · Not recorded 12% (Southwark 5%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 9% (Southwark 8%, England 3%) · Any other White background 8% (Southwark 10%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Southwark 8%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 4% (Southwark 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Southwark 4%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 4% (Southwark 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 4% (Southwark 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Southwark 2%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Southwark 6%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Southwark 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Southwark 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Southwark 1%, England 4%)

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)
5.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Southwark: 1.40 suspensions and 0.01 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
25.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

88% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 12% 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)

42.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.7 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 £53,019; 14.3% 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£10,893
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 71% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 13% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £191,205; in-year balance -£141,590

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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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher59.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work46.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways15.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health56.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier25.8%62.3%
Social housing40.2%17.1%
Privately rented34%20.5%
Detached houses0.2%22.9%
Flats95.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms0.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van67.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01033872 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£515,0001,109 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£388,500–£700,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (7)£655,000
Terraced (118)£770,000
Flat (983)£488,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

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
26an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
153an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
43an 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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