Rhyl Community Primary School

Community school·Primary school London, Camden·NW5 3HB
Composite score
51.7
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#6,630
National rank
#1197
In London
#30
In Camden
Top 45%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
67%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
45 first choices, 51 places
First choices per place
0.88
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
108
any preference, for 51 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.36
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Rhyl Community Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
392
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
68.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
75.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
29.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
26.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£13,914
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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School overview

Rhyl Community Primary School is a primary school serving London, Camden, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 392 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Rhyl Community Primary School 'Outstanding'. 67% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 5.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 45% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Rhyl Community Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 51 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.2%. There are about 15.8 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 68% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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