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St Anselm's Catholic Primary School

Primary · Harrow · HA1 3BE

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Outstanding

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: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 20 February 2024

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At a glance

408 pupils · 97% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
7.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
47.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.st-anselms.harrow.sch.uk
URN
102230

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 100 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 1.67 first choices per place. We hold 8 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2019 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 20 February 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.67 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 100 first-choice applications · heavily 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. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
79%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
110
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 school79%
Median of its 12 closest peers75%
Harrow 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 Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary SchoolNorwich · 99 miles awayGood65%
English Martyrs' Catholic Primary SchoolReading · 30 miles awayGood65%
Sitwell Junior SchoolRotherham · 134 miles awayExpected standard72%
Immanuel and St Andrew Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · 14 miles awayGood90%
St Robert's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyHarrogate · 175 miles awayGood62%
Canary Wharf Primary, East FerryLondon · 15 miles awayGood79%
Marlborough Primary SchoolIsleworth · 7 miles awayNo current grade78%
Chepping View Primary AcademyHigh Wycombe · 19 miles awayOutstanding77%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolHarrow · 2 miles awayGood86%
Cecil Road Primary and Nursery SchoolGravesend · 32 miles awayGood61%
St Robert Southwell Catholic Primary SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayOutstanding (2019)77%
St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolChertsey · 15 miles awayGood73%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 21% (Harrow 7%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 20% (Harrow 31%, England 4%) · Any other White background 20% (Harrow 18%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 12% (Harrow 15%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 6% (Harrow 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Harrow 4%, England 3%) · Black African 3% (Harrow 4%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Harrow 2%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Harrow 6%, England 3%) · Not recorded 2% (Harrow 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Harrow 1%, England 2%) · White Irish 2% (Harrow 1%, England 0%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Harrow 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Harrow 1%, 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)
3.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.24 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Harrow: 0.77 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
21.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

92% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 5% 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)

66.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.5 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 £55,141; 12% 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£7,447
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £525,004; in-year balance +£27,092

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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)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher60.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10%18.1%
In managerial or professional work45.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier31.7%62.3%
Social housing10.1%17.1%
Privately rented58.1%20.5%
Detached houses3.2%22.9%
Flats80.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11%21.1%
Households with no car or van51.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002129 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£437,000367 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£316,500–£575,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (18)£1,013,500
Semi-detached (45)£625,000
Terraced (73)£575,500
Flat (231)£340,000

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

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
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
45an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
8an 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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