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Archdeacon Cambridge's Church of England Primary School

Primary · Twickenham · TW2 5TU

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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 22 March 2023

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At a glance

440 pupils · 93% of 472 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
4.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
25.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
7.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.archdeaconcambridges.richmond.sch.uk/
URN
102920

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 61 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 1.02 first choices per place. We hold 12 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2015 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 22 March 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.02 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 61 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)

Criterion 6
2023 m (≈1.26 mi)

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
84%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
33%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
113
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
111
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 school84%
Median of its 12 closest peers74%
Richmond upon Thames average78.2%
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
Bickley Primary SchoolBromley · 16 miles awayGood73%
Knutsford Primary AcademyWatford · 16 miles awayGood72%
Wheatfields Junior Mixed SchoolSt Albans · 23 miles awayGood87%
Langley Park Primary SchoolBeckenham · 14 miles awayGood (2019)71%
Woodheys Primary SchoolSale · 160 miles awayGood75%
Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolLondon · 6 miles awayOutstanding75%
Priors Hall - A Learning CommunityCorby · 75 miles awayGood60%
Western Primary SchoolHarrogate · 183 miles awayOutstanding70%
Harris Primary Academy BeckenhamBeckenham · 14 miles awayOutstanding (2018)83%
Great Berry Primary SchoolBasildon · 33 miles awayGood56%
Barnes Primary SchoolLondon · 4 miles awayOutstanding96%
Lethbridge Primary SchoolSwindon · 62 miles awayGood75%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 68% (Richmond upon Thames 47%, England 60%) · Any other White background 11% (Richmond upon Thames 19%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 4% (Richmond upon Thames 4%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Richmond upon Thames 5%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 3% (Richmond upon Thames 2%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Richmond upon Thames 6%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Richmond upon Thames 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Richmond upon Thames 4%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Richmond upon Thames 4%, England 3%) · 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%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
4%
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 · Richmond upon Thames: 0.47 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
24
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 14% 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)

59.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.8 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 £54,471; 9.1% 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£6,992
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £159,379; in-year balance -£2,324

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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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher61.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications6.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work56%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health58.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier64.8%62.3%
Social housing6.4%17.1%
Privately rented28.8%20.5%
Detached houses3.1%22.9%
Flats48.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms35.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van20.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003885 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£630,000683 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£450,000–£891,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (23)£1,000,000
Semi-detached (110)£1,142,000
Terraced (305)£720,000
Flat (245)£425,000

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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
7an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
22an 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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