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Sulivan Primary School

Primary · London · SW6 3BN

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 13 June 2024

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At a glance

148 pupils · 47% of 315 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
50.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
40.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
20.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.sulivanprimaryschool.org.uk
URN
143214

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 13 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 0.43 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2016 entry went to 0.729 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2015 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 13 June 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.43 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 13 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

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 (2016 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.729 miles

measured in a straight line.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
69%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
14%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
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 school69%
Median of its 12 closest peers53.5%
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
Goose Green Primary and Nursery SchoolLondon · 5 miles awayGood55%
Lift Offa's MeadChepstow · 106 miles awayGood69%
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, NW3London · 5 miles awayOutstanding85%
Wyndham Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 251 miles awayNo current grade60%
St. Joseph's CofE Junior SchoolChichester · 50 miles awayGood36%
Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary SchoolStockport · 157 miles awayGood47%
Grove Primary SchoolLondon · 5 miles awayGood56%
Tyndale Primary SchoolYate · 96 miles awayGood41%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolLondon · under 1 mile awayNo current grade84%
St Clare's Catholic Primary SchoolChester · 164 miles awayGood (2015)50%
Henry Hinde SchoolRugby · 78 miles awayNeeds attention35%
Downsview Community Primary SchoolSwanley · 17 miles awayNeeds attention52%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 28% (Hammersmith and Fulham 22%, England 60%) · Any other ethnic group 15% (Hammersmith and Fulham 13%, England 3%) · Black African 10% (Hammersmith and Fulham 12%, England 5%) · Any other White background 10% (Hammersmith and Fulham 18%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 7% (Hammersmith and Fulham 4%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 5% (Hammersmith and Fulham 5%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Hammersmith and Fulham 8%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Hammersmith and Fulham 1%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 4% (Hammersmith and Fulham 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Hammersmith and Fulham 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Hammersmith and Fulham 3%, England 2%) · Not recorded 3% (Hammersmith and Fulham 3%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Hammersmith and Fulham 1%, England 4%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Hammersmith and Fulham 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Hammersmith and Fulham 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)
6.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
22.5%
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
18.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

38% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 24% moved to another state school · 38% 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)

25% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.7 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 £54,126; 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 (2024-25)

This school£11,060
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (77%) · premises 8% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance -£117,000

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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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher65.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications8.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work56.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health68.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier56.2%62.3%
Social housing11.8%17.1%
Privately rented31.9%20.5%
Detached houses1.8%22.9%
Flats41%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms50.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van36.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001925 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£826,0001,268 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£600,000–£1,592,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (6)£2,205,000
Semi-detached (15)£2,577,500
Terraced (432)£1,900,000
Flat (815)£662,500

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 (1.17 km, 2016 entry): 1,978 sales, median £819,000. 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
14an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
82an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
15an 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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