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St Mary's CofE Nursery and Primary School

Primary · Putney, London · SW15 1BA

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Expected 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: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Needs attentionLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 19 May 2026 · report published 5 July 2026

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At a glance

196 pupils · 93% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
9.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
19.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.stmarysschoolputney.co.uk/
URN
101046

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 41 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.37 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 19 May 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.37 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 41 first-choice applications · 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.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Other children (Open Places)
311 m (≈0.19 mi)

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
76%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
24%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
109
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 school76%
Median of its 12 closest peers78.5%
Wandsworth average70%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
Ditton Lodge Primary SchoolNewmarket · 60 miles awayStrong standard96%
Carswell Community Primary SchoolAbingdon · 48 miles awayNo current grade79%
Crawley Ridge Junior SchoolCamberley · 23 miles awayGood52%
Our Lady's Catholic Primary SchoolAmersham · 23 miles awayNo current grade78%
St Peter's Catholic Primary SchoolStockport · 154 miles awayOutstanding87%
Chesham Bois Church of England SchoolAmersham · 22 miles awayGood88%
St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St AlbansSt Albans · 21 miles awayOutstanding81%
West Oxford Community Primary SchoolOxford · 49 miles awayGood58%
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolWare · 25 miles awayGood68%
St Robert Southwell Catholic Primary School, HorshamHorsham · 27 miles awayGood83%
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary SchoolNorthwich · 157 miles awayExpected standard62%
Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolSt Albans · 21 miles awayGood66%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 59% (Wandsworth 28%, England 60%) · Any other White background 18% (Wandsworth 16%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 7% (Wandsworth 3%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Wandsworth 5%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Wandsworth 7%, England 3%) · Black African 3% (Wandsworth 10%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Wandsworth 5%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Wandsworth 4%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Wandsworth 7%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Wandsworth 4%, 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)
4.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.51 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
20.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

61% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% moved to another state school · 30% 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)

71.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.2 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 £55,369; 8.3% 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£10,171
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (76%) · premises 11% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £4,589; in-year balance -£21,768

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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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher77.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications3.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work69.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways4.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health70.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier52.8%62.3%
Social housing1.2%17.1%
Privately rented46%20.5%
Detached houses0.7%22.9%
Flats66.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms26.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van34.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004606 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£719,000998 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£482,000–£1,229,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (25)£3,450,000
Semi-detached (82)£1,990,000
Terraced (229)£1,310,000
Flat (662)£553,000

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
5an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
33an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
151an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
31an 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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