St Francis RC Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school London, Southwark·SE15 1RQ
Composite score
49.5
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#7,440
National rank
#1271
In London
#46
In Southwark
Top 50%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
60%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
28 first choices, 29 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
55
any preference, for 29 places
Applications from another council area
9%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Francis RC 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
272
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
42.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
50.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,088
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Francis RC Primary School

St Francis RC Primary School is a primary school in London, Southwark, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 272 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 60% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 1.0 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 around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Francis RC Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 28 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.6%. There are about 21.6 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 42% 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. St Francis RC 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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