St Edward's Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school London, Westminster·NW1 6LH
Composite score
50.8
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National rank
#1233
In London
#24
In Westminster
Top 47%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
71%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
111.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
112.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
20 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
0.67
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
62
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.18
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.9520230.8320240.8520250.672026

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

Every child who put St Edward's 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
199
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
47.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
59.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
20.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£10,045
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

St Edward's Catholic Primary School is a primary school serving London, Westminster, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 199 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated St Edward's Catholic Primary School 'Good'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 19.0 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 111 in reading and 112 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Edward's Catholic Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 20 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.3%. There are about 16.9 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 47% 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. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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