Darell Primary and Nursery School

Community school·Primary school Richmond upon Thames·TW9 4LH
Composite score
35.8
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#12,189
National rank
#1591
In London
#40
In Richmond upon Thames
Top 82%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
39%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
22 first choices, 26 places
First choices per place
0.85
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
67
any preference, for 26 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
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1 per place
0.8520221.0020230.9320240.8920250.852026

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

Every child who put Darell Primary and Nursery 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
196
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
32.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
36.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
13.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£10,178
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Darell Primary and Nursery School

Darell Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Richmond upon Thames, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 196 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 39% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 14.0 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 in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Darell Primary and Nursery School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 22 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.1%. There are about 17.1 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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