East Sheen Primary School

Community school·Primary school London, Richmond upon Thames·SW14 8ED
Composite score
82.0
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#636
National rank
#217
In London
#15
In Richmond upon Thames
Top 4%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
83%
% achieving higher RWM
24%
Reading average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
109.0
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
99%
70 first choices, 91 places
First choices per place
0.77
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
275
any preference, for 91 places
Applications from another council area
26%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.19
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7420220.7320230.7820240.9520250.772026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for East Sheen Primary School yet. Richmond upon Thames 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
590
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
50.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,955
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

East Sheen Primary School at a glance

Located in London, Richmond upon Thames, East Sheen Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 590 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Outstanding' at its most recent inspection. 83% 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 5.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 4% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 110 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 24% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 99% of the families who made East Sheen Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 4.9%. There are about 21.7 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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