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St Teresa's Catholic Primary School and Nursery

Primary · Harrow · HA3 6LE

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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 14 September 2023

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At a glance

428 pupils · 91% of 472 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
18.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
51.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.stteresas-harrow.co.uk/
URN
102231

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 48 families named it first for 52 Reception places, 0.92 first choices per place. We hold 8 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2019 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 14 September 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. 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

0.92 first-choice applications per place

52 places offered · 48 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
67%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
6%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
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 school67%
Median of its 12 closest peers67%
Harrow average73.7%
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
The Palmer Primary AcademyReading · 29 miles awayGood66%
Scientia AcademyBurton-upon-Trent · 100 miles awayNo current grade48%
Dr Triplett's CofE Primary SchoolHayes · 7 miles awayStrong standard72%
St Luke's CofE Primary SchoolBury · 159 miles awayGood56%
St Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolMorden · 17 miles awayStrong standard77%
Monkshouse Primary AcademySpalding · 82 miles awayGood60%
Thornhill Primary SchoolDunstable · 23 miles awayGood68%
St Matthew's CofE Primary SchoolWest Drayton · 8 miles awayExpected standard53%
Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary SchoolCrawley · 34 miles awayStrong standard85%
Poplars Farm Primary SchoolBradford · 164 miles awayGood54%
The Orchard Primary SchoolWatford · 6 miles awayGood70%
Battle Primary AcademyReading · 30 miles awayOutstanding68%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 23% (Harrow 18%, England 7%) · White British 22% (Harrow 7%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 9% (Harrow 31%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 8% (Harrow 15%, England 2%) · White Irish 7% (Harrow 1%, England 0%) · Black Caribbean 5% (Harrow 2%, England 1%) · Black African 5% (Harrow 4%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Harrow 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Harrow 3%, England 2%) · Not recorded 3% (Harrow 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Harrow 6%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Harrow 4%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 2% (Harrow 1%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Harrow 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Harrow 4%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Harrow 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 0%

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)
13.2%
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 · 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
20.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% moved to another state school · 6% 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)

44.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 13.8 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 £55,576; 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£7,139
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 82% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £139,052; in-year balance +£135,917

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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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher33.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications23.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work24.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways30.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier39.2%62.3%
Social housing44.5%17.1%
Privately rented15.6%20.5%
Detached houses4.9%22.9%
Flats18.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van30.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002151 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£510,000180 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£441,500–£674,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (14)£1,001,000
Semi-detached (93)£550,000
Terraced (52)£492,500
Flat (21)£330,000

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
6an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
11an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
48an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
6an 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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