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Alderbrook Primary School

Primary · London · SW12 8PP

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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 31 January 2024

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At a glance

216 pupils · 51% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
39.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
35.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
18.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
7.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.alderbrookprimaryschool.co.uk
URN
100995

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 19 families named it first for 25 Reception places, 0.76 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2019 entry went to 878 m (≈0.55 mi); distance decided places in 6 of the 17 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2009 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 31 January 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.76 first-choice applications per place

25 places offered · 19 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 (2019 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 878 m (≈0.55 mi)

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
74%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
22%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
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 school74%
Median of its 12 closest peers56%
Wandsworth average70%
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
Thorpe Acre Junior SchoolLoughborough · 102 miles awayGood52%
Ormiston Meadows AcademyPeterborough · 76 miles awayGood63%
Park AcademyLondon · 3 miles awayOutstanding94%
Monks Orchard Primary SchoolCroydon · 6 miles awayGood73%
Langtons Junior AcademyHornchurch · 18 miles awayGood55%
Chilmington Green Primary SchoolAshford · 47 miles awayGood46%
St Mark and All Saints Church of England PrimaryGodalming · 28 miles awayGood36%
Robin Hood Primary and Nursery SchoolLondon · 5 miles awayGood45%
Riverview CofE Primary and Nursery School VAEpsom · 8 miles awayGood52%
Admirals AcademyThetford · 78 miles awayGood57%
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolLondon · 4 miles awayGood90%
Howes Community Primary SchoolCoventry · 87 miles awayExpected standard61%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 19% (Wandsworth 28%, England 60%) · Any other White background 13% (Wandsworth 16%, England 7%) · Black African 12% (Wandsworth 10%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 11% (Wandsworth 4%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 10% (Wandsworth 7%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 8% (Wandsworth 7%, England 3%) · Not recorded 7% (Wandsworth 2%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Wandsworth 5%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 5% (Wandsworth 4%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Wandsworth 5%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 2% (Wandsworth 3%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Wandsworth 3%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Wandsworth 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 2%

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)
5.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.30 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Wandsworth: 1.06 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
17.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

92% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% moved to another state school

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)

46.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.6 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 £62,954; 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£10,369
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (76%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £447,592; in-year balance +£40,718

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher74.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications6.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work68.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health67.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier60.5%62.3%
Social housing6.4%17.1%
Privately rented33.1%20.5%
Detached houses2.5%22.9%
Flats43.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms27.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van43%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004472 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£735,0001,560 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£525,000–£1,226,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (14)£2,272,500
Semi-detached (75)£1,900,000
Terraced (462)£1,400,000
Flat (1009)£600,000

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 (0.88 km, 2019 entry): 1,230 sales, median £730,000. 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
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
38an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
243an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
44an 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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