Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school London, Kensington and Chelsea·W11 4BJ
Composite score
93.5
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#109
National rank
#42
In London
#2
In Kensington and Chelsea
Top 0.8%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
90%
% achieving higher RWM
30%
Reading average scaled score
114.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
114.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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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%
12 first choices, 22 places
First choices per place
0.55
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
49
any preference, for 22 places
Applications from another council area
18%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.13
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7220220.4020230.7620240.6820250.552026

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

Every child who put Saint Francis of Assisi 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
179
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
47.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
36.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
6.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£11,189
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School at a glance

Located in London, Kensington and Chelsea, Saint Francis of Assisi 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 179 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 90% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 2.0 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 among the top 1% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 114 in reading and 114 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 30% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 12 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 15.9 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. Saint Francis of Assisi 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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