Saracens Bell Lane
Primary · London · NW4 2AS
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.
Inspected 13 October 2021
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
394 pupils · 83% of 472 capacity
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 34.6% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 75.7% of pupils
- SEN support
- 15.4% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 6.7% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- https://saracensbl.org/
- URN
- 150355
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.60 first-choice applications per place40 places offered · 24 first-choice applications · usually has places
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
The council does not publish a cutoff distance for this school.
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)
51 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
79% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school · 15% 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
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.