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St Gabriel's CofE Primary School

Primary · London · SW1V 3AG

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

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

Inspected 16 November 2023

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At a glance

187 pupils · 89% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
47.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
37.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
19.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
7.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.stgabrielsprimary.co.uk/
URN
101129

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 26 families named it first for 27 Reception places, 0.96 first choices per place. We hold 11 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2015 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 16 November 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.96 first-choice applications per place

27 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.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
87%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
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 school87%
Median of its 12 closest peers53.5%
Westminster average73.7%
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
St Michael's Church of England AcademyKing's Lynn · 90 miles awayGood50%
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, BarrowBarrow-in-Furness · 222 miles awayGood43%
Rufford Primary SchoolStourbridge · 108 miles awayGood59%
Robert Blair School and Children's CentreLondon · 4 miles awayGood (2019)44%
St. Clare's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyBradford · 174 miles awayGood57%
St Mary's CofE (VA) Primary SchoolKidderminster · 109 miles awayGood39%
Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary SchoolLondon · 4 miles awayOutstanding90%
Littlecoates Primary AcademyGrimsby · 144 miles awayNo current grade70%
North Fawdon Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 252 miles awayGood57%
Wallington Primary AcademyWallington · 9 miles awayNeeds attention31%
Acres Hill Community Primary SchoolSheffield · 141 miles awayRequires improvement45%
Caedmon Community Primary SchoolGateshead · 247 miles awayGood74%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 26% (Westminster 12%, England 60%) · Any other ethnic group 20% (Westminster 26%, England 3%) · Black African 15% (Westminster 9%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 13% (Westminster 9%, England 3%) · Any other White background 10% (Westminster 16%, England 7%) · Asian Bangladeshi 5% (Westminster 7%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Westminster 3%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 2% (Westminster 3%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Westminster 3%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Westminster 1%, England 4%) · Not recorded 1% (Westminster 2%, England 1%) · other groups together 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)
5.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16.1%
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 · Westminster: 1.44 suspensions and 0.00 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
18.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

70% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 30% 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 sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

90% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.7 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 £57,987; 33.3% 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£10,092
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 70% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 13% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 9% (3%) · catering 7% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £117,916; in-year balance +£44,196

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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)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher35.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications23.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work25.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways40.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health44.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier18.9%62.3%
Social housing62%17.1%
Privately rented17%20.5%
Detached houses0.2%22.9%
Flats98.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms2.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van65.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004665 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£850,0001,541 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£585,000–£1,318,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Terraced (79)£2,150,000
Flat (1459)£820,000

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
13an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
85an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
21an 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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