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St Boniface RC Primary School

Primary · London · SW17 8PP

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Strong standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Strong standardAchievement: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 16 June 2026 · report published 23 July 2026

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At a glance

259 pupils · 92% of 281 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
19.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
59.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
8.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.stboniface.wandsworth.sch.uk/
URN
101042

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 22 families named it first for 29 Reception places, 0.76 first choices per place. We hold 12 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2015 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 16 June 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Strong standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.76 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 22 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.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2017 entry)

Other baptised Catholic children who live in St Boniface parish
628 m (≈0.39 mi)

2017 is the most recent year we hold a cutoff for this school. It describes that year, not 2026.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
71%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
22%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
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 school71%
Median of its 12 closest peers66.5%
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 St Teresa Catholic Primary SchoolDagenham · 15 miles awayGood83%
St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolBasingstoke · 43 miles awayGood58%
Sandfield Close Primary SchoolLeicester · 94 miles awayGood64%
La Salette Catholic Primary SchoolRainham · 17 miles awayStrong standard80%
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolSwindon · 68 miles awayGood58%
St Gabriel's Church of England Primary SchoolBlackburn · 189 miles awayGood69%
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary SchoolPortsmouth · 58 miles awayGood57%
The Annunciation RC Junior SchoolEdgware · 13 miles awayOutstanding71%
St John Vianney RC Primary SchoolLondon · 11 miles awayOutstanding77%
Osidge Primary SchoolLondon · 14 miles awayGood58%
St Paul's CofE Primary School, Astley BridgeBolton · 178 miles awayOutstanding79%
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnBlackburn · 188 miles awayExpected standard60%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 25% (Wandsworth 16%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 18% (Wandsworth 5%, England 2%) · White British 17% (Wandsworth 28%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 8% (Wandsworth 7%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 8% (Wandsworth 3%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 7% (Wandsworth 2%, England 4%) · Black African 5% (Wandsworth 10%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Wandsworth 5%, England 3%) · White Irish 3% (Wandsworth 1%, England 0%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Wandsworth 4%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Wandsworth 7%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Wandsworth 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Wandsworth 3%, 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)
5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.3%
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 · 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
23.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

79% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 12% moved to another state school · 10% 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)

44.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.9 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 £65,926; 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£9,886
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 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 8% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £364,365; in-year balance +£47,705

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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)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher57.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work44.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health59.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier31.5%62.3%
Social housing5.6%17.1%
Privately rented62.8%20.5%
Detached houses2.3%22.9%
Flats68%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms18.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van60.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004525 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£560,0001,401 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£435,000–£745,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (47)£830,000
Terraced (569)£750,000
Flat (781)£451,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

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
12an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
51an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
339an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
42an 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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