Rosary Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school London, Camden·NW3 2AE
Composite score
82.4
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#614
National rank
#208
In London
#9
In Camden
Top 4%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
73%
% achieving higher RWM
32%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
31 first choices, 45 places
First choices per place
0.69
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
88
any preference, for 45 places
Applications from another council area
12%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.20
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9120220.8420231.0020240.8920250.692026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Rosary Catholic 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
301
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
40.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
52.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,834
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Rosary Catholic Primary School at a glance

Located in London, Camden, Rosary Catholic Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 301 pupils aged 3 to 11. 73% 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 risen by 4.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 4% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 110 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 32% 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 Rosary Catholic Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 45 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.5%. There are about 17.0 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 41% 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. Rosary Catholic Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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