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Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School

Primary · London · E11 2TA

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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 24 June 2025

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At a glance

450 pupils · 100% of 450 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
7.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
27.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.ourladyoflourdesrcprimary.org
URN
147337

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 74 families named it first for 59 Reception places, 1.25 first choices per place. We hold 6 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2021 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 24 June 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 2.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.25 first-choice applications per place

59 places offered · 74 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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)

1 All on-time applications offered within OLOL parish with sibling
1.158 miles
2 All on-time applications offered within OLOL parish
1.784 miles
3 All on-time applications offered within St Anne parish
0.878 miles
4 Catholic Children Sibling
3.669 miles
5 Catholic Children
3.692 miles
6 Eastern Christian Church Sibling
0.618 miles
7 Eastern Christian Church
1.621 miles
8 Other Denominations Sibling
1.181 miles
9 Other Denominations
2.124 miles
10 Any Other Applicant Sibling
1.577 miles
11 Any Other Applicant (Child Of Teaching Staff)
2.772 miles
12 Any Other Applicant
0.188 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
94%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
38%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
113
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 school94%
Median of its 12 closest peers73.5%
Redbridge average75.3%
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
Navigation Primary SchoolAltrincham · 161 miles awayGood72%
Clifford Bridge AcademyCoventry · 85 miles awayGood64%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School B/SBishop's Stortford · 21 miles awayGood66%
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary SchoolLeigh-on-Sea · 28 miles awayGood59%
Leigh Academy BearstedMaidstone · 31 miles awayOutstanding75%
Fleetville Junior SchoolSt Albans · 19 miles awayGood78%
Willow Primary SchoolDoncaster · 141 miles awayGood79%
Newhall Primary AcademyHarlow · 15 miles awayGood67%
Highfield Primary SchoolLeeds · 170 miles awayOutstanding80%
Bailey's Court Primary SchoolBristol · 110 miles awayGood65%
La Fontaine AcademyBromley · 12 miles awayOutstanding92%
Foster's Primary SchoolWelling · 9 miles awayGood82%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 41% (Redbridge 11%, England 60%) · Any other White background 16% (Redbridge 13%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 6% (Redbridge 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Redbridge 4%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 5% (Redbridge 7%, England 2%) · White Irish 5% (Redbridge 0%, England 0%) · Black African 4% (Redbridge 5%, England 5%) · Asian Pakistani 3% (Redbridge 18%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Redbridge 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Redbridge 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Redbridge 2%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Redbridge 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Redbridge 15%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 2% (Redbridge 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Redbridge 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)
2.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
3.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.22 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Redbridge: 0.89 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
20.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% 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)

8.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 2 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 £53,044; 12% 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£7,662
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 65% (77%) · premises 20% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £198,000; in-year balance +£74,000

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher55.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work51.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier68%62.3%
Social housing10.7%17.1%
Privately rented21.4%20.5%
Detached houses2.9%22.9%
Flats41.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms23.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van33.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003779 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£579,500502 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£401,000–£914,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (14)£1,725,000
Semi-detached (59)£1,144,000
Terraced (163)£880,000
Flat (266)£415,000

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
12an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
88an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
13an 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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