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West London Free School Primary

Primary · London · W6 0LB

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 25 February 2025

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At a glance

423 pupils · 101% of 420 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Free schools
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
25.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
61.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.wlfs-primary.org/
URN
139546

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 78 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 1.30 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.465 miles; distance decided places in 8 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2015 to 2026. At its inspection on 25 February 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.30 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 78 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. Places by distance, last offered at 0.465 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.465 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
92%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
36%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
110
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 school92%
Median of its 12 closest peers63.5%
Hammersmith and Fulham average77%
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
The Orchard Primary SchoolWatford · 15 miles awayGood70%
St Mary's Fields Academy410 · 87 miles awayRequires improvement62%
Accrington Hyndburn Park Primary SchoolAccrington · 180 miles awayNeeds attention42%
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolGravesend · 26 miles awayGood46%
Marshfield PrimaryBradford · 170 miles awayOutstanding80%
Robin Hood Junior SchoolSutton · 9 miles awayGood84%
Frenchwood Community Primary SchoolPreston · 187 miles awayNeeds attention39%
Colville Primary SchoolLondon · 2 miles awayOutstanding87%
Coleman Primary SchoolLeicester · 86 miles awayRequires improvement59%
Whitehall SchoolUxbridge · 11 miles awayGood65%
Perivale Primary SchoolGreenford · 5 miles awayExpected standard53%
The Palmer Primary AcademyReading · 32 miles awayGood66%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 22% (Hammersmith and Fulham 18%, England 7%) · White British 20% (Hammersmith and Fulham 22%, England 60%) · Any other ethnic group 12% (Hammersmith and Fulham 13%, England 3%) · Black African 12% (Hammersmith and Fulham 12%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 8% (Hammersmith and Fulham 8%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 6% (Hammersmith and Fulham 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Hammersmith and Fulham 4%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 3% (Hammersmith and Fulham 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 3% (Hammersmith and Fulham 3%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 3% (Hammersmith and Fulham 4%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Hammersmith and Fulham 5%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Hammersmith and Fulham 1%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 1% (Hammersmith and Fulham 1%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 1% (Hammersmith and Fulham 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Hammersmith and Fulham 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)
4.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.2%
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 · Hammersmith and Fulham: 1.30 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
21.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

77% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 14% moved to another state school · 9% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

64.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.5 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 £57,010; 21.4% 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 (2024-25)

This school£8,788
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 62% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 23% (9%) · educational supplies 19% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £772,000; in-year balance +£252,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher48.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications16.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work37.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways24%18.1%
Residents in very good health50.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier16.4%62.3%
Social housing53.3%17.1%
Privately rented29.9%20.5%
Detached houses0.6%22.9%
Flats86.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms4.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van70.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001899 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£705,000909 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£466,000–£1,190,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (26)£1,712,500
Terraced (233)£1,460,000
Flat (646)£550,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.75 km, 2026 entry): 479 sales, median £694,500. 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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
27an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
201an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
43an 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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