Twickenham Primary Academy

Free schools·Primary school Twickenham, Richmond upon Thames·TW2 6QF
Composite score
67.5
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#2,184
National rank
#560
In London
#27
In Richmond upon Thames
Top 15%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
68%
% achieving higher RWM
20%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
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
87%
31 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.03
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
203
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
9%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.13
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8820220.9320230.8720240.9020251.032026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Twickenham Primary Academy 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
388
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
28.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,716
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Twickenham Primary Academy at a glance

Located in Twickenham, Richmond upon Thames, Twickenham Primary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a free school. The school educates roughly 388 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 68% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 2.0 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 among the top 15% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 20% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 87% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (31 first choices for 30 places). Overall pupil absence was 4.8%. There are about 22.6 pupils per teacher. Twickenham Primary Academy 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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