Clifton Primary School

Community school·Primary school Southall, Ealing·UB2 5QP
Composite score
59.6
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#4,013
National rank
#879
In London
#34
In Ealing
Top 27%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
81%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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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
100%
48 first choices, 49 places
First choices per place
0.98
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
113
any preference, for 49 places
Applications from another council area
11%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9220220.9620230.9620240.9420250.982026

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

Every child who put Clifton 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
425
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
35.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
93.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,032
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Clifton Primary School is a primary school serving Southall, Ealing, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 425 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Clifton Primary School 'Outstanding'. 81% 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%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 3.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 27% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% 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 Clifton Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 49 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.6%. There are about 17.4 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.

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