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Iqra Primary School

Primary · London · SW4 9PA

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Outstanding

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Outstanding. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 6 June 2024

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At a glance

235 pupils · 94% of 250 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Muslim
Free school meals
38.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
85.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
8.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.iqra.lambeth.sch.uk/
URN
135614

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 55 families named it first for 29 Reception places, 1.90 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 1303.1 m (≈0.81 mi); distance decided places in 4 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 6 June 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.90 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 55 first-choice applications · heavily 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. The distance published for 2026 entry is not shown here.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The distance published for 2026 entry is not shown here.

It is far outside anything this school's other years or comparable schools show, so it would not tell you how close you need to live.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1303.1 m (≈0.81 mi)

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
97%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
21%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
114
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 school97%
Median of its 12 closest peers61.5%
Lambeth average69.6%
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
Oldfield Primary SchoolGreenford · 11 miles awayNeeds attention62%
Dollis Primary SchoolLondon · 11 miles awayGood60%
Reedley Primary SchoolBurnley · 185 miles awayGood61%
Winterbourne Boys' AcademyThornton Heath · 4 miles awayGood80%
Brookside Primary SchoolHayes · 13 miles awayGood60%
Stanley Road Primary SchoolWorcester · 102 miles awayNeeds attention47%
William Davies Primary SchoolLondon · 10 miles awayExpected standard61%
Edison Primary SchoolHounslow · 11 miles awayGood (2019)66%
The Godolphin Junior AcademySlough · 21 miles awayGood (2019)83%
Park Road Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolBatley · 168 miles awayGood70%
Minet Junior SchoolHayes · 13 miles awayGood (2015)76%
Alexandra Park Junior SchoolOldham · 166 miles awayRequires improvement43%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 40% (Lambeth 19%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 21% (Lambeth 6%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 12% (Lambeth 9%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 6% (Lambeth 1%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 6% (Lambeth 2%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 3% (Lambeth 4%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 3% (Lambeth 11%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Lambeth 1%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Lambeth 2%, England 1%) · Any other White background 2% (Lambeth 14%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Lambeth 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Lambeth 2%, England 1%) · 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)
4.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

7.79 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Lambeth: 1.88 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
19.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

75% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% moved to another state school · 17% 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)

53.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.9 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 £53,922; 23.1% 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£9,203
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 71% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (3%) · catering 7% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £1,023,243; in-year balance -£28,544

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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 higher70.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications7.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work61.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health59.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier31.5%62.3%
Social housing25.8%17.1%
Privately rented42.7%20.5%
Detached houses2.2%22.9%
Flats81%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms10.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van61.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003029 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£585,0001,351 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£450,000–£850,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (10)£1,069,500
Semi-detached (51)£1,800,000
Terraced (330)£1,058,500
Flat (960)£510,000

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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
14an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
61an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
11an 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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