Avondale Park Primary School

Community school·Primary school London, Kensington and Chelsea·W11 4EE
Composite score
58.7
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National rank
#913
In London
#18
In Kensington and Chelsea
Top 29%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
76%
% achieving higher RWM
8%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
96%
26 first choices, 29 places
First choices per place
0.90
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
64
any preference, for 29 places
Applications from another council area
25%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.25
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6120220.5920230.7420240.6520250.902026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Avondale Park Primary School yet. Kensington and Chelsea 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
293
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
47.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
61.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
23.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
28.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£11,503
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Avondale Park Primary School

Avondale Park Primary School is a primary school in London, Kensington and Chelsea, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 293 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 76% 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 26.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 29% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 8% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 96% of the families who made Avondale Park Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 8.3%. There are about 17.0 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 48% 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. 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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