Churchfields Infants' School
Primary · London · E18 2RB
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 3 July 2024
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429 pupils · 95% of 450 capacity
- School type
- Community school
- Age range
- 5–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 7% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 29.7% of pupils
- SEN support
- 4.8% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 2.5% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.churchfieldsinfant.com
- URN
- 133936
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.45 first-choice applications per place119 places offered · 172 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.582 miles
measured by shortest walking route.
Cutoff distance by entry year
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Cutoff distances as published by the local authority (source). Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
80% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 12% moved to another state school · 8% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.