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Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School

Primary · London · E11 2TA

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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 29 November 2023

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At a glance

450 pupils · 100% of 450 capacity

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

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

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

Per-band cutoffs (2026 entry)

OLOL parish
1.784 miles
St Anne parish
0.878 miles
Catholic Children
3.692 miles
Eastern Christian Church
1.621 miles
Other Denominations
2.124 miles
Any Other Applicant
0.188 miles

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

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. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
3.9%
England 18.1%

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

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

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.

Spending per pupil

This school£7,662
Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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