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Dunraven School

All-through · LONDON · SW16 2QB

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Good

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.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 28 March 2023

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At a glance

1,744 pupils · 99% of 1,767 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
41.6% of pupils
English as additional language
28% of pupils
SEN support
14.5% of pupils
EHC plan
4.4% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.dunraven.org.uk/
URN
137093

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.78 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 47 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

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 demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.03 first-choice applications per place

152 places offered · 156 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

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 2492.08 m (≈1.55 mi)

measured in a straight line.

Cutoff distance by entry year

23
25
26

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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.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Per-band cutoffs (2025 entry)

1.1
1588 m (≈0.99 mi)
1.2
1054.56 m (≈0.66 mi)
2.1
1095.13 m (≈0.68 mi)
2.2
1108.38 m (≈0.69 mi)
3
1095.04 m (≈0.68 mi)

Cutoff distances as published by the local authority (source). Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
70%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
England 105

GCSE results (2024/2025)

234 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
49.7
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
70.1%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
50%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.6
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) B-
37.3
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.9%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
18.9%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
15.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

81% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% moved to another state school · 9% 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

This school£9,160
Typical all-through school£7,730

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy 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.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
93%
Continuing in education
90%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
59%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
24%
Any sustained destination
88%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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