St Mary Magdalene & St Stephen's CofE Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school London, Westminster·W2 5TF
Composite score
45.5
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#8,952
National rank
#1398
In London
#28
In Westminster
Top 61%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
70%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
13 first choices, 15 places
First choices per place
0.87
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
34
any preference, for 15 places
Applications from another council area
9%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.13
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0020230.6720240.7320250.872026

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

Every child who put St Mary Magdalene & St Stephen's CofE 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
186
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
50.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
58.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
32.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£11,848
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Mary Magdalene & St Stephen's CofE Primary School

St Mary Magdalene & St Stephen's CofE Primary School is a primary school in London, Westminster, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. Around 186 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 70% 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 risen by 31.0 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 106 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Mary Magdalene & St Stephen's CofE Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 15 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 8.8%. There are about 18.6 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 50% 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 Mary Magdalene & St Stephen's CofE 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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