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St Anthony's Catholic Primary School

Primary · London · SE22 0LA

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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 25 November 2021

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At a glance

414 pupils · 92% of 450 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
34.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
54.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.stanthonysprimary.co.uk/
URN
150551

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 38 families named it first for 40 Reception places, 0.95 first choices per place. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 25 November 2021 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.95 first-choice applications per place

40 places offered · 38 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
72%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
19%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
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 school72%
Median of its 12 closest peers70.5%
Southwark average69.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
St Joan of Arc RC Primary SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayGood71%
Holbeach Primary SchoolLondon · 2 miles awayGood56%
Pebble Brook Primary SchoolCrewe · 151 miles awayGood65%
Wendell Park Primary SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayGood76%
E P Collier Primary SchoolReading · 39 miles awayGood72%
Trumpington Park Primary SchoolCambridge · 50 miles awayExpected standard70%
Whitley Abbey Primary SchoolCoventry · 88 miles awayGood65%
William Tyndale Primary SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayGood83%
Burlington Junior SchoolNew Malden · 8 miles awayGood72%
Spalding Primary AcademySpalding · 93 miles awayGood53%
West Hampstead Primary SchoolLondon · 9 miles awayExpected standard75%
Summerswood Primary SchoolBorehamwood · 16 miles awayRequires improvement40%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 39% (Southwark 23%, England 5%) · White British 13% (Southwark 21%, England 60%) · Any other ethnic group 12% (Southwark 8%, England 3%) · Any other White background 10% (Southwark 10%, England 7%) · Black Caribbean 6% (Southwark 6%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Southwark 8%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Southwark 4%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 3% (Southwark 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Southwark 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Southwark 2%, England 2%) · White Irish 2% (Southwark 0%, England 0%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Southwark 2%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Southwark 1%, England 5%) · other groups together 0%

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)
4.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.47 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Southwark: 1.40 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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
21.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

88% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 12% 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)

60.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.5 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 £64,255; 13.6% 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£7,958
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 14% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 9% (2%) · catering 8% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £514,000; in-year balance +£156,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher57.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work45.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health56.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier53.2%62.3%
Social housing19.3%17.1%
Privately rented27.2%20.5%
Detached houses2.2%22.9%
Flats51.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms26.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van39%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003958 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£753,000862 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£488,000–£1,200,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (26)£1,739,000
Semi-detached (130)£1,387,500
Terraced (291)£1,020,000
Flat (415)£487,500

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

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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
13an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
59an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
17an 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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