Grasmere Primary School

Grasmere Primary School is performing very well overall. Inspectors found strong practice across achievement, attendance and behaviour, curriculum and teaching, early years, inclusion, leadership and governance, and personal development and wellbeing. Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those who are disadvantaged, achieve highly and produce high-quality work. Behaviour is excellent, attendance is high, and pupils feel safe and valued. Safeguarding standards are met. The school is part of The LEAP Federation, which it joined in September 2025. It is led by an executive headteacher and two co-headteachers. The proportion of pupils with education, health and care plans is well above average, while eligibility for free school meals is close to average. Leaders and governors are ambitious, rigorous about equity, and effective in supporting staff and pupils. Parents are positive about the school. No areas of concern were identified in the inspection. The next step is for leaders to continue their insightful oversight to sustain highly effective provision for all pupils. Although disadvantaged pupils’ outcomes dipped in 2023/24, the most recent results show them performing above national averages, and the report highlights significant improvements.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve highly across the curriculum, including in reading, writing and mathematics.
• Disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND achieve well and are fully included in school life.
• Teaching is consistently high quality, with expert subject knowledge and effective adaptation.
• Early years provision is high quality, prioritising language, communication and independence.
• Attendance is high and improving, with effective support for pupils and families.
• Pupils behave exceptionally well, are kind, respectful and focused on learning.
• The curriculum is rigorous, broad and thoughtfully adapted to the school community.
• Inclusion is a strength, with precise systems and personalised support for pupils who need it.
• Leadership and governance are ambitious, equitable and effective, with strong staff development.
• Personal development and wellbeing are prioritised through extensive opportunities and pastoral support.
• Safeguarding standards are met, with an open culture and pupils who feel safe.

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 Grasmere Primary School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

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, 0.5% of pupils at Grasmere Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

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 Grasmere Primary School had 15.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 55.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

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, 14.1% of pupils at Grasmere Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

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 Grasmere Primary School received £9,398 and spent £9,233 for each of its 220 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £46,000 (-£211 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

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 Grasmere Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Grasmere Primary School is Strong standard, from an inspection in June 2026.

When was Grasmere Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Grasmere Primary School was last inspected in June 2026.

How many pupils does Grasmere Primary School have?

Grasmere Primary School has 220 pupils on roll.

What age range does Grasmere Primary School cover?

Grasmere Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Grasmere Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

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

Where is Grasmere Primary School?

Grasmere Primary School is at 92 Albion Road, London, N16 9PD.