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Tooting Primary School

Primary · London · SW17 8HE

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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

Inspected 23 April 2025

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At a glance

399 pupils · 90% of 441 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Free schools
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
24.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
33.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
9.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.tootingprimary.org.uk
URN
139592

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 33 families named it first for 38 Reception places, 0.87 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 1710 m (≈1.06 mi); distance decided places in 11 of the 14 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2013 to 2026. At its inspection on 23 April 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.87 first-choice applications per place

38 places offered · 33 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1710 m (≈1.06 mi)

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
56%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school56%
Median of its 12 closest peers63.5%
Wandsworth average70%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Ravenstone Primary SchoolLondon · 1 miles awayGood72%
Speenhamland SchoolNewbury · 50 miles awayGood55%
Elm Park Primary SchoolHornchurch · 18 miles awayExpected standard52%
Stanley Primary SchoolTeddington · 8 miles awayGood69%
St Matthew's CofE Primary SchoolRedhill · 13 miles awayExpected standard67%
Chisenhale Primary SchoolLondon · 9 miles awayGood61%
Northmead Junior SchoolGuildford · 22 miles awayGood61%
Haxby Road Primary AcademyYork · 180 miles awayGood50%
Aveley Primary SchoolSouth Ockendon · 19 miles awayGood81%
Simon de Senlis Primary SchoolNorthampton · 63 miles awayOutstanding67%
Southwold Primary SchoolBicester · 54 miles awayGood (2019)60%
Poverest Primary SchoolOrpington · 12 miles awayGood66%

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
21 of 21 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 30% (Wandsworth 28%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 11% (Wandsworth 7%, England 3%) · Any other White background 10% (Wandsworth 16%, England 7%) · Black African 10% (Wandsworth 10%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 8% (Wandsworth 5%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 8% (Wandsworth 7%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 4% (Wandsworth 4%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 4% (Wandsworth 2%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Wandsworth 4%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Wandsworth 3%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Wandsworth 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Wandsworth 5%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Wandsworth 2%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Wandsworth 3%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Wandsworth 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)
6.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16.1%
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 · Wandsworth: 1.06 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
19
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

50% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 31% moved to another state school · 20% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

4.55% 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)

66.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 14.6 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 £57,138; 14.3% 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£8,650
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 8% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £400,000; in-year balance +£211,000

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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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher60.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work49.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways17.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health57.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier50.8%62.3%
Social housing11.1%17.1%
Privately rented37.6%20.5%
Detached houses2.2%22.9%
Flats37.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms29.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van48.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004527 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£560,0001,392 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£435,000–£745,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (42)£833,500
Terraced (567)£745,000
Flat (779)£457,500

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 (1.71 km, 2024 entry): 3,275 sales, median £550,000. 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
10an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
48an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
316an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
33an 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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