Eleanor Palmer Primary School

Community school·Primary school London, Camden·NW5 2JA
Composite score
93.1
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National rank
#51
In London
#2
In Camden
Top 0.9%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
93%
% achieving higher RWM
28%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
109.0
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
54%
48 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.60
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
189
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
43%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.85
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Eleanor Palmer Primary School yet. Camden does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
237
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
20.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
42.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
23.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,947
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Eleanor Palmer Primary School is a primary school serving London, Camden, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 237 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Eleanor Palmer Primary School 'Outstanding'. 93% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 10.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 1% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 28% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Eleanor Palmer Primary School is oversubscribed: about 5 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 48 first choices for 30 places. Overall pupil absence was 3.7%. There are about 20.8 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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