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Wembley Primary School

Primary · Wembley · HA9 7NW

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 12 November 2024

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At a glance

824 pupils · 92% of 900 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
26.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
87.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.wembleyprimary.co.uk/
URN
130095

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 76 families named it first for 116 Reception places, 0.66 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 2380.32 m (≈1.48 mi); distance decided places in 2 of the 10 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2012 to 2026. At its inspection on 12 November 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. 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

0.66 first-choice applications per place

116 places offered · 76 first-choice applications · usually has places

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 (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 2380.32 m (≈1.48 mi)

measured in a straight line.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
71%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
11%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
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 school71%
Median of its 12 closest peers73%
Brent average69.2%
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
Colindale Primary SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayGood60%
Ripple Primary SchoolBarking · 17 miles awayGood (2016)73%
Belmont SchoolHarrow · 3 miles awayGood56%
Cranford Park AcademyHayes · 7 miles awayGood73%
Uphall Primary SchoolIlford · 16 miles awayGood76%
St Stephen's Primary SchoolLondon · 14 miles awayOutstanding89%
Lake Farm Park AcademyHayes · 7 miles awayGood77%
Essex Primary SchoolLondon · 15 miles awayOutstanding (2019)81%
Wood End Park AcademyHayes · 7 miles awayGood74%
Chadwell Primary SchoolRomford · 18 miles awayGood60%
Lapage Primary School and NurseryBradford · 166 miles awayNo current grade53%
Featherstone Primary and Nursery SchoolSouthall · 6 miles awayOutstanding63%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Indian 25% (Brent 19%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 23% (Brent 17%, England 3%) · Any other White background 16% (Brent 16%, England 7%) · Black African 8% (Brent 10%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 7% (Brent 5%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 6% (Brent 5%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 6% (Brent 6%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 5% (Brent 4%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Brent 1%, England 2%) · 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)
5.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.12 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Brent: 1.25 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
22.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 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)

65% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.6 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 £49,322; 10.3% 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£8,059
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 68% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 18% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 14% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £251,219; in-year balance -£470

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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)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher40.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications22.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work27.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways20.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier63.6%62.3%
Social housing3.6%17.1%
Privately rented32.8%20.5%
Detached houses6.2%22.9%
Flats12.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms51%21.1%
Households with no car or van23.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01000571 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£410,000339 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£330,000–£550,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (9)£636,000
Semi-detached (62)£620,000
Terraced (51)£520,000
Flat (217)£350,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (2.38 km, 2024 entry): 1,377 sales, median £540,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
8an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
61an 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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