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Granard Primary School

Primary · London · SW15 6XA

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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 23 May 2023

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At a glance

330 pupils · 77% of 429 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
58.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
50.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
18.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
17.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.granardprimary.co.uk/
URN
101028

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 2024 entry went to 1477 m (≈0.92 mi); distance decided places in 3 of the 17 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2009 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 23 May 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.5% 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. 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 (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1477 m (≈0.92 mi)

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
70%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
6%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
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 school70%
Median of its 12 closest peers65.5%
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
Dallam Community Primary SchoolWarrington · 168 miles awayGood68%
Lift BeaconLoughborough · 99 miles awayExpected standard81%
Allen Edwards Primary SchoolLondon · 5 miles awayGood69%
South View Junior SchoolBasingstoke · 39 miles awayGood56%
Miles Coverdale Primary SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayOutstanding73%
South Bank Community Primary SchoolMiddlesbrough · 219 miles awayRequires improvement30%
Cranmer Primary SchoolMitcham · 5 miles awayGood43%
Ranelagh Primary SchoolLondon · 12 miles awayGood77%
Studley Green Primary SchoolTrowbridge · 87 miles awayGood36%
Gainsborough Primary SchoolLondon · 11 miles awayGood67%
Our Lady and St Swithin's Catholic Primary SchoolMerseyside · 178 miles awayGood55%
West Wimbledon Primary SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayExpected standard64%

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
64 of 64 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 19% (Wandsworth 28%, England 60%) · Asian Pakistani 14% (Wandsworth 7%, England 5%) · Black African 14% (Wandsworth 10%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 10% (Wandsworth 4%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 10% (Wandsworth 5%, England 3%) · Any other White background 10% (Wandsworth 16%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 6% (Wandsworth 4%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Wandsworth 7%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Wandsworth 5%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 3% (Wandsworth 3%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Wandsworth 2%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Wandsworth 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Wandsworth 3%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Wandsworth 1%, England 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)
6.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
19.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.29 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
14.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

96% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% 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)

64% of teachers took sickness absence, 10.6 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 £63,962; 15.8% 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£14,883
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 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 7% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £334,394; in-year balance +£220,507

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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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher39.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications20.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work27.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways26%18.1%
Residents in very good health50.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier30%62.3%
Social housing44.9%17.1%
Privately rented24.7%20.5%
Detached houses0.4%22.9%
Flats94.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms10.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van50.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004645 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£600,000658 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£425,000–£829,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (40)£2,900,000
Semi-detached (46)£1,791,000
Terraced (141)£775,000
Flat (431)£475,000

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 (1.48 km, 2024 entry): 1,394 sales, median £595,000. 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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
6an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
26an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
5an 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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