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St Luke's CofE Primary School

Primary · Kingston upon Thames · KT2 6EN

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Strong 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: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Strong standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 16 June 2026 · report published 14 September 2026

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At a glance

235 pupils · 98% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Foundation school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
12.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
51.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.stlukes.kingston.sch.uk/
URN
102604

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 38 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.27 first choices per place. We hold 10 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2015 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 16 June 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Strong standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 2.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.27 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 38 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)

Ranked by the school
460 m (≈0.29 mi)

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
80%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
27%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
111
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 school80%
Median of its 12 closest peers80.5%
Kingston upon Thames average66.3%
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
Beaumont Primary SchoolBOLTON · 175 miles awayOutstanding84%
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 136 miles awayGood58%
Holy Ghost Catholic Primary SchoolLondon · 6 miles awayGood86%
Hampden Gurney CofE Primary SchoolLondon · 9 miles awayGood100%
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary SchoolWeston-super-Mare · 116 miles awayGood48%
St Anselm's Catholic Primary SchoolDartford · 23 miles awayGood79%
Our Lady's Roman Catholic Primary SchoolOxford · 45 miles awayGood81%
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, DartfordDartford · 22 miles awayGood85%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, SunderlandSunderland · 246 miles awayNo current grade90%
St Felix Roman Catholic Primary School, HaverhillHAVERHILL · 55 miles awayGood45%
St Sidwell's Church of England Primary School & NurseryExeter · 148 miles awayStrong standard79%
St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, CanterburyCanterbury · 60 miles awayGood80%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 46% (Kingston upon Thames 40%, England 60%) · Any other White background 15% (Kingston upon Thames 16%, England 7%) · Asian Chinese 11% (Kingston upon Thames 4%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 6% (Kingston upon Thames 4%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 6% (Kingston upon Thames 5%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 5% (Kingston upon Thames 7%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Kingston upon Thames 6%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Kingston upon Thames 6%, England 3%) · Black African 2% (Kingston upon Thames 3%, England 5%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Kingston upon Thames 3%, England 5%) · 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)
2.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
1.6%
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 · Kingston upon Thames: 1.28 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
22.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% moved to another state school · 8% 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)

31.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 18.9 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 £57,564; 13.3% 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£8,039
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £31,701; in-year balance -£48,615

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher54.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work46.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways19%18.1%
Residents in very good health58.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier52.2%62.3%
Social housing28.6%17.1%
Privately rented18.1%20.5%
Detached houses14%22.9%
Flats47.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms23.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van32.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002933 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£628,000761 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£401,000–£895,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (72)£1,207,500
Semi-detached (189)£852,000
Terraced (136)£742,500
Flat (364)£400,500

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
6an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
8an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
68an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
10an 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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