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Earlsfield Primary School

Primary · London · SW18 3QQ

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Outstanding

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Outstanding. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 1 March 2023

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At a glance

459 pupils · 92% of 500 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
14.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
16.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.earlsfield.wandsworth.sch.uk
URN
101005

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 99 families named it first for 59 Reception places, 1.68 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 358 m (≈0.22 mi); distance decided places in 14 of the 17 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2009 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 1 March 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.68 first-choice applications per place

59 places offered · 99 first-choice applications · heavily 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

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 358 m (≈0.22 mi) for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 358 m (≈0.22 mi)

measurement method not stated by the council.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
79%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
19%
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 school79%
Median of its 12 closest peers62.5%
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
The Bellbird Primary SchoolCambridge · 50 miles awayGood70%
Woodland View Primary SchoolNorthampton · 60 miles awayOutstanding70%
St Mary's Church of England SchoolAylesbury · 38 miles awayGood57%
Mountfields Lodge SchoolLoughborough · 101 miles awayNeeds attention45%
The Mead Community Primary SchoolTrowbridge · 86 miles awayGood56%
Oxon CofE Primary SchoolShrewsbury · 142 miles awayOutstanding65%
Veritas Primary AcademyStafford · 124 miles awayGood61%
Bowerham Primary & Nursery SchoolLancaster · 210 miles awayExpected standard60%
St Nicholas CofE Primary SchoolKenilworth · 86 miles awayGood64%
King's Meadow Primary SchoolBicester · 53 miles awayNo current grade60%
Weddington Primary SchoolNuneaton · 93 miles awayGood73%
St John's CofE Primary SchoolCroydon · 8 miles awayStrong standard81%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 50% (Wandsworth 28%, England 60%) · Any other White background 15% (Wandsworth 16%, England 7%) · Asian Pakistani 6% (Wandsworth 7%, England 5%) · Black African 6% (Wandsworth 10%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Wandsworth 7%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 5% (Wandsworth 3%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 3% (Wandsworth 2%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Wandsworth 5%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Wandsworth 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Wandsworth 4%, England 2%) · White Irish 1% (Wandsworth 1%, England 0%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Wandsworth 2%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Wandsworth 5%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Wandsworth 1%, England 1%) · 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)
3.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.67 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
20.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

77% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 19% 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)

46.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.8 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 £55,497; 16% 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£7,927
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 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £493,651; in-year balance +£141,394

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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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher73.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications6.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work69.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health63.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier40.8%62.3%
Social housing10.2%17.1%
Privately rented48.7%20.5%
Detached houses1.1%22.9%
Flats79.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms13.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van49.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004496 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£677,0001,260 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£500,000–£1,015,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (56)£1,265,500
Terraced (434)£1,141,500
Flat (766)£555,500

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 (0.41 km, 2025 entry): 325 sales, median £650,000. 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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
12an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
75an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
13an 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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