St Paul's Church of England Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 174 pupils London
Ofsted: Expected standard
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St Paul's Church of England Primary School is a voluntary aided school in Camden for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 174 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for St Paul's Church of England Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in May 2026. In 2025, 90% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: May 2026. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range 4-11
Religion Church of England
Address Elsworthy Road
Primrose Hill
London
NW3 3DS
Phone 02077227381
Reference Number 100046

General Makeup

Number of pupils 174
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.45%
Girls: 46.55%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 38.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 35.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 24.9
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 26
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 24

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 18 11 29
2 14 5 19
3 11 9 20
4 16 13 29
5 10 14 24
6 11 12 23

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 32.8%
White, Other 30.5%
Asian, Other 6.9%
African 5.2%
Mixed, Other 4.6%
Chinese 4%
White & Asian 3.4%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.7%
Caribbean 1.7%
White & Black (African) 0.6%
Pakistani 0.6%

St Paul's Church of England Primary School is performing well overall, with pupils typically achieving good results across the curriculum. Leaders have established a strong culture of safeguarding and maintain high expectations for attendance and behaviour. Particularly notable is the consistent high achievement of disadvantaged pupils, who often perform above their peers nationally in core subjects. However, while core subjects display strong outcomes, some areas of the wider curriculum are less developed, indicating that improvements are needed to ensure all subjects meet the same high standards.

Overall Ofsted Rating Expected standard
 >  Leadership & Governance Expected standard
 >  Personal Development & Wellbeing Expected standard
 >  Achievement Expected standard
 >  Attendance & Behaviour Expected standard
 >  Curriculum & Teaching Expected standard
 >  Inclusion Expected standard
 >  Early Years Expected standard
Last Report Date 03 Feb 2026
Date Report
03 Feb 2026 School inspection
02 Nov 2021 School inspection
04 Oct 2016 Short inspection
19 Jan 2016 Monitoring visit
01 Dec 2011 Full inspection
22 Jan 2009 Full inspection
13 Dec 2005 Full inspection
04 Apr 2000 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Pupils make sustained progress across the curriculum.
  • Disadvantaged pupils achieve consistently highly.
  • Well-structured curriculum matching national standards.
  • High-quality early years provision fostering independence and relationships.
  • Effective leadership valuing staff professional development.

Areas for Improvement

  • Standards in some subjects of the wider curriculum are not as high.
  • Strategies to support pupils in wider curriculum need better alignment.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 90%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 7%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 106
Maths 109

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 3.5
Writing 2.6
Maths 3.6

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Average Scaled Score

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 22 4
Third Preference 9 0
From another Local Authority 12 1

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Paul's Church of England Primary School had 182 pupils for 210 places. 28 places (13.3%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Planning Area 3 / Central Primary” planning area

Camden counted 334 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 322 in 2029–30, down 4%.

201020112012201320142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 210210210210210210210210210210210210210210210
Pupils 202207203205206210210210208203204194194187182
Unfilled 3.8%1.4%3.3%2.4%1.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.0%3.3%2.9%7.6%7.6%11.0%13.3%

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St Paul's Church of England Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.2%2.8%2.4%2.8%3.0%3.0%3.5%5.7%5.7%4.2%4.2%
Unauthorised absence 0.5%0.8%1.0%1.3%1.7%1.3%1.1%1.2%1.5%1.2%1.4%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%1.1%1.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at St Paul's Church of England Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 1.00.00.00.50.00.00.00.00.00.50.00.00.50.50.00.0
Permanent exclusions 0000000000000000

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St Paul's Church of England Primary School had 16.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 29.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 13.412.011.110.410.610.610.09.59.99.89.010.310.39.39.09.3
Teachers who left state teaching 20.8%13.0%12.1%8.5%16.2%17.3%25.9%18.7%10.6%0.0%26.0%0.0%9.4%10.0%29.6%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 42.9%50.0%57.1%38.5%61.5%28.6%46.2%53.8%64.3%–45.5%81.8%100.0%54.5%33.3%–
Sick days per teacher 2.91.92.51.31.60.410.10.93.4–1.53.53.60.92.1–

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 17.2% of pupils at St Paul's Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 12 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 6 2
Specific learning difficulty 6 0
Social, emotional and mental health 5 0
No specialist assessment of need 1 0

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 St Paul's Church of England Primary School received £10,204 and spent £11,076 for each of its 174 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £55,000 (£316 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

20192020202120222023202420252026
Revenue reserve £151,000£134,000£123,000£108,000£127,000£219,000£207,000£55,000
per pupil £736£652£626£562£657£1,173£1,105£316
In-year balance -£11,000-£17,000-£12,000-£15,000£19,000£92,000-£13,000-£152,000
per pupil -£54-£81-£59-£77£100£491-£68-£871

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is St Paul's Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Paul's Church of England Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was St Paul's Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Paul's Church of England Primary School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does St Paul's Church of England Primary School have?

St Paul's Church of England Primary School has 174 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Paul's Church of England Primary School cover?

St Paul's Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are St Paul's Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 90% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Paul's Church of England Primary School?

St Paul's Church of England Primary School is at Elsworthy Road, Primrose Hill, London, NW3 3DS.

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