St Vincent's Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school London, Westminster·W1U 4DF
Composite score
85.3
Compare St Vincent's Catholic Primary School with another school
#440
National rank
#159
In London
#7
In Westminster
Top 3%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
90%
% achieving higher RWM
23%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

Legacy framework · Read full report ↗

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
62%
48 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.60
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
115
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
20%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.37
00.511.52
1 per place
1.1720221.2020231.2320241.2320251.602026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for St Vincent's Catholic Primary School yet. Westminster does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
233
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
47.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
4.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,194
Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Location

School overview

St Vincent'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 233 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated St Vincent's Catholic Primary School 'Outstanding'. 90% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 3% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 23% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Vincent's Catholic Primary School is oversubscribed: about 6 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 48 first choices for 30 places. Overall pupil absence was 3.9%. There are about 21.4 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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.

Compare St Vincent's Catholic Primary School with another school