Archbishop Sumner Church of England Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school London, Lambeth·SE11 4PH
Composite score
65.6
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#2,508
National rank
#627
In London
#18
In Lambeth
Top 17%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
74%
% achieving higher RWM
15%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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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
100%
16 first choices, 19 places
First choices per place
0.84
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
65
any preference, for 19 places
Applications from another council area
17%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.52
00.511.52
1 per place
1.4020220.9520230.9720241.3620250.842026

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

Every child who put Archbishop Sumner Church of England 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
258
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
48.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
46.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
8.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
18.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£12,420
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Archbishop Sumner Church of England Primary School is a primary school serving London, Lambeth, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. It has 258 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 74% 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 fallen by 2.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 17% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 15% 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 Archbishop Sumner Church of England Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 19 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 16.4 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. Archbishop Sumner Church of England 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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