Griffin Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school London, Wandsworth·SW8 4JB
Composite score
32.5
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#12,879
National rank
#1624
In London
#54
In Wandsworth
Top 88%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
50%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
4 first choices, 5 places
First choices per place
0.80
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
11
any preference, for 5 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7120221.0020231.0020240.8020250.802026

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

Every child who put Griffin 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
180
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
71.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
71.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
8.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
21.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£10,267
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Griffin Primary School is a primary school serving London, Wandsworth, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 180 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Griffin Primary School 'Requires improvement'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 50% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. Results have held broadly steady 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 105 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Griffin Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 4 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.5%. There are about 16.2 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 72% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering Griffin Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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