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Roehampton Church Forest Primary School

Primary · London · SW15 4AA

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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 7 June 2023

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At a glance

130 pupils · 59% of 220 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
47.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
53.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
25.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.roehampton.wandsworth.sch.uk
URN
101038

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 12 families named it first for 16 Reception places, 0.75 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2016 entry went to 810 m (≈0.50 mi); distance decided places in 1 of the 12 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2015 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 7 June 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 11.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.75 first-choice applications per place

16 places offered · 12 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 (2016 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 810 m (≈0.50 mi)

measured in a straight line.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
86%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
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 school86%
Median of its 12 closest peers57.5%
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
Hollickwood Primary SchoolLondon · 12 miles awayGood72%
E-ACT the Kingfisher SchoolBristol · 99 miles awayGood21%
Friars Primary Foundation SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayGood68%
Whitehall Park SchoolLondon · 10 miles awayGood46%
St Mary's RC Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolLondon · 4 miles awayGood58%
Ivingswood AcademyChesham · 25 miles awayRequires improvement53%
Newtown Primary SchoolWest Bromwich · 106 miles awayGood48%
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayGood57%
St Andrew's Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · 5 miles awayGood70%
St George's CofE Primary SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayStrong standard75%
Diss Church of England Junior AcademyDiss · 86 miles awayGood50%
Fenstanton Primary SchoolLondon · 5 miles awayExpected standard63%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 28% (Wandsworth 28%, England 60%) · Asian Pakistani 18% (Wandsworth 7%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 15% (Wandsworth 5%, England 2%) · Black African 6% (Wandsworth 10%, England 5%) · Any other White background 6% (Wandsworth 16%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5% (Wandsworth 4%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Wandsworth 5%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Wandsworth 7%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 3% (Wandsworth 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Wandsworth 2%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 2% (Wandsworth 3%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Wandsworth 2%, England 4%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Wandsworth 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Wandsworth 3%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Wandsworth 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)
11.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
32.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.78 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
21.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

80% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 20% 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 pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £63,140; 25% 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£9,690
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 8% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £274,288; in-year balance +£131,732

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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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher51%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work37.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways20.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health56.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier42.9%62.3%
Social housing28.8%17.1%
Privately rented28.2%20.5%
Detached houses5.5%22.9%
Flats83.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms22.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van39.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004572 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£487,500237 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£338,000–£705,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (12)£2,312,500
Semi-detached (8)£1,037,500
Terraced (61)£700,000
Flat (156)£380,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.81 km, 2016 entry): 171 sales, median £487,000. 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
14an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
75an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
14an 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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