Our Lady Roman Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school London, Camden·NW1 0DP
Composite score
39.6
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#11,017
National rank
#1527
In London
#35
In Camden
Top 74%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
61%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
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%
26 first choices, 26 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
52
any preference, for 26 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.17
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1320220.7920230.8620240.8320251.002026

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

Every child who put Our Lady Roman 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
219
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
74.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
34.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
25.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£13,125
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Our Lady Roman Catholic Primary School is a primary school serving London, Camden, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 219 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Our Lady Roman Catholic Primary School 'Outstanding'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 61% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 17.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Our Lady Roman Catholic Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 26 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.9%. There are about 21.9 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 74% 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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