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Holy Family Catholic Primary School

Primary · London · W3 0DY

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Outstanding

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: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 15 May 2024

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At a glance

453 pupils · 108% of 420 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
11.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
58.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
7.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.holyfamilyealing.co.uk/
URN
137569

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 87 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 1.45 first choices per place. We hold 7 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2014 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 15 May 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.45 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 87 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)

Criteria 7 (other applicants)
0.265 miles

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

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
80%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
33%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
111
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
112
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 school80%
Median of its 12 closest peers74%
Ealing average69.1%
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
Bousfield Primary SchoolLondon · 5 miles awayGood74%
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayStrong standard75%
West Hill Primary AcademyDartford · 22 miles awayExpected standard68%
The Stoke Poges SchoolSlough · 13 miles awayGood67%
Longfield Primary SchoolHarrow · 6 miles awayGood72%
Orleans Primary SchoolTwickenham · 5 miles awayGood74%
Belmont Primary SchoolLondon · 2 miles awayStrong standard84%
Hawkedon Primary SchoolReading · 27 miles awayGood86%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolRedhill · 20 miles awayGood68%
Holy Cross RC SchoolLondon · 5 miles awayGood (2015)92%
Park Hall Junior AcademyWalsall · 101 miles awayNeeds attention68%
Grove Vale Primary SchoolBirmingham · 100 miles awayOutstanding83%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 32% (Ealing 14%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 26% (Ealing 19%, England 3%) · White British 16% (Ealing 12%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 7% (Ealing 5%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Ealing 3%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Ealing 6%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Ealing 1%, England 1%) · Black African 2% (Ealing 8%, England 5%) · Not recorded 2% (Ealing 2%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Ealing 17%, England 4%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Ealing 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Ealing 6%, England 5%) · White Irish 1% (Ealing 1%, England 0%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Ealing 2%, England 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)
3.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
3.6%
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 · Ealing: 1.07 suspensions and 0.01 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
27.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

62% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% moved to another state school · 29% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 5.75% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

34.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 3 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 £55,107; 11.1% 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£7,066
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 2% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £200,075; in-year balance +£86,484

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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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher60.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work49%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health56.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier47.7%62.3%
Social housing9.1%17.1%
Privately rented43.2%20.5%
Detached houses6.8%22.9%
Flats33.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms40.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van30.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001274 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£617,500264 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£430,000–£871,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (28)£1,612,500
Semi-detached (52)£859,000
Terraced (32)£834,500
Flat (152)£465,000

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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
16an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an 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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