Fenstanton Primary School

Community school·Primary school London, Lambeth·SW2 3PW
Composite score
43.3
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National rank
#1455
In London
#48
In Lambeth
Top 66%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
3 first choices, 6 places
First choices per place
0.50
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
28
any preference, for 6 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.12
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1 per place
1.0020220.7320230.7720240.6220250.502026

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

Every child who put Fenstanton 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
221
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
58.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
51.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
23.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
24.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
27.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£17,415
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Fenstanton Primary School

Fenstanton Primary School is a primary school in London, Lambeth, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 221 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted. 63% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 25.0 percentage points year on 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 104 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% 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 Fenstanton Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 6 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.3%. There are about 27.2 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 59% 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. If you are considering Fenstanton Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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