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St Francis Catholic Primary School, South Ascot

Primary · Ascot · SL5 9HG

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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 2 July 2024

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At a glance

210 pupils · 100% of 210 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
2.4% of pupils
English as additional language
9.6% of pupils
SEN support
6.2% of pupils
EHC plan
1.4% of pupils
Website
www.stfrancisprimary.org
URN
141818

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.24 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 36 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 (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.405 miles

measurement method not stated by the council.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Criterion 07 (other Christian denominations)
1.794 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

32 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
25%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
110
England 105

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

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school97%
Median of its 12 closest peers79%
Windsor and Maidenhead average65.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

The twelve below are matched on intake alone, from every state school in England, so most are not local. They are the evidence behind the comparison above, not a shortlist. For schools you could realistically apply to, see nearby schools.

SchoolOfstedResult
Bidborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolTunbridge Wells · 42 miles awayGood79%
Holy Apostles' Church of England Primary SchoolCheltenham · 69 miles awayGood82%
St James' Roman Catholic Primary SchoolOrpington · 32 miles awayStrong standard94%
Weldon Church of England Primary SchoolCorby · 76 miles awayExpected standard83%
Shadwell Primary SchoolLeeds · 173 miles awayGood77%
St Mary's Catholic Voluntary AcademyStockport · 150 miles awayGood73%
St Peter's Smithills Dean Church of England Primary SchoolBolton · 170 miles awayGood59%
Boughton Heath AcademyChester · 154 miles awayOutstanding88%
Waverton Community Primary SchoolChester · 152 miles awayExpected standard77%
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, CookhamMaidenhead · 11 miles awayGood79%
Christleton Primary SchoolChester · 154 miles awayGood53%
Burley and Woodhead CofE Primary SchoolIlkley · 179 miles awayOutstanding79%

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one: same phase and admissions type, and as near as the data allows on size, free school meals, English as an additional language, SEN and the child poverty of the surrounding area (IDACI 2025). Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable: sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and plain geography all matter and are not in the calculation. Results: DfE performance tables, 2024/2025. How the matching works.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.7%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.8%
England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
26
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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.

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), decile of the small area the school stands in: 1 is the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. IDACI counts only children in low-income families, which is the measure closest to the intake a school is likely to draw on.

Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher50.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work49.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways3.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health68.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier83.7%62.3%
Social housing1.2%17.1%
Privately rented15.1%20.5%
Detached houses77.7%22.9%
Flats5.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms73%21.1%
Households with no car or van3.5%23.5%

Census 2021 (ONS) for statistical area E01016607 (a lower layer super output area), the neighbourhood of roughly 1,465 adults that the school stands in. These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Children travel in from further away, and for selective, faith and some other schools usually much further. Open Government Licence v3.0.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£616,000140 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to July 2026
Typical range
£423,000–£1,206,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (58)£1,384,000
Semi-detached (36)£556,000
Terraced (29)£420,000
Flat (17)£285,000

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

Every residential sale registered with HM Land Registry within 1 km of the school (straight line) since January 2024, market sales of houses and flats only. A sale is dated by completion and registered weeks later, so the most recent months are incomplete. 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.8
All reported collisions
3an urban school averages 30.6
Of those, serious or fatal
0an urban school averages 6.1

Every collision reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics (STATS19). "Child pedestrians" counts casualties aged under 16 on foot; "school-run times" means weekdays 07:30–09:00 and 15:00–16:30 outside August. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe: counts rise with traffic and with how built-up an area is, which is why the comparison is with other urban schools. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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