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Edward Pauling Primary School

Primary · Feltham · TW13 4TQ

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Requires improvement

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: Requires improvementPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 22 October 2024

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At a glance

352 pupils · 75% of 472 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
19.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
49.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.edwardpauling.hounslow.sch.uk
URN
102514

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 20 families named it first for 21 Reception places, 0.95 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2023 entry went to 1.478 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 5 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2022 to 2026. At its inspection on 22 October 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Requires improvement. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.95 first-choice applications per place

21 places offered · 20 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.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2023 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.478 miles

measured by shortest walking route.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
68%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
14%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school68%
Median of its 12 closest peers63.5%
Hounslow average70.6%
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
Hatfield Community Free SchoolHatfield · 23 miles awayGood57%
Sitwell Junior SchoolRotherham · 141 miles awayExpected standard72%
Hollinswood Primary SchoolTelford · 120 miles awayNo current grade59%
Kettering Park Junior AcademyKettering · 68 miles awayGood68%
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, DartfordDartford · 27 miles awayGood56%
Little Mead Primary AcademyBristol · 94 miles awayNeeds attention39%
Meryfield Primary SchoolBorehamwood · 16 miles awayGood58%
Tyndale Community SchoolOxford · 39 miles awayNo current grade59%
Drapers' Maylands Primary SchoolRomford · 31 miles awayExpected standard77%
Parkhill Junior SchoolIlford · 23 miles awayGood82%
Thorpe Hall Primary SchoolLondon · 21 miles awayGood80%
Heathrow Primary SchoolWest Drayton · 4 miles awayGood79%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 22% (Hounslow 14%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 18% (Hounslow 24%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 11% (Hounslow 8%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 11% (Hounslow 11%, England 3%) · Any other White background 9% (Hounslow 15%, England 7%) · Black African 7% (Hounslow 7%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 6% (Hounslow 6%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Hounslow 3%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 2% (Hounslow 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Hounslow 5%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Hounslow 1%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Hounslow 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Hounslow 1%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Hounslow 0%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Hounslow 1%, England 1%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 1% (Hounslow 0%, England 0%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Hounslow 0%, England 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)
5.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.41 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Hounslow: 1.66 suspensions and 0.04 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
16.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% 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)

52.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 10.3 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 £50,867; 19% 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£9,048
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 15% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 8% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£66,480; in-year balance -£154,859

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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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher32.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work23.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways19.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier45.4%62.3%
Social housing16.1%17.1%
Privately rented38.4%20.5%
Detached houses2%22.9%
Flats59.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms5.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van25.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002596 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£412,500300 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£280,000–£470,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (9)£468,000
Semi-detached (98)£465,000
Terraced (108)£420,000
Flat (85)£240,000

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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
14an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an 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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