Sir John Lillie Primary School

Sir John Lillie Primary School continues to maintain effective standards established in its previous inspections. The school is characterized by a welcoming community where pupils are happy and feel safe. They benefit from a broad curriculum and various extracurricular activities that enrich their educational experience. However, while overall performance has been sustained, there are areas where teaching could further enhance students' independent application of learning.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate happiness and safety in a welcoming community.
• There are extensive opportunities for pupils to engage in extracurricular activities.
• The school has high expectations for pupil behavior, contributing to a positive learning environment.
• Strong emphasis on storytelling and language development in early years.
• Pupils excel in national phonics screening checks due to effective phonics instruction.
• The personal development curriculum is well-structured, promoting mental well-being.
• Pupils with SEND are well-supported and included in the school environment.

Areas for Improvement

• Teaching sometimes does not effectively break down knowledge, leading to some pupils struggling to apply their learning independently.

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 Sir John Lillie Primary School attended 93.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 21.6% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Sir John Lillie 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 Sir John Lillie Primary School had 21.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.9% 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, 21.1% of pupils at Sir John Lillie Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.0% 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 Sir John Lillie Primary School received £11,313 and spent £11,667 for each of its 173 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £19,000 (£112 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 Sir John Lillie Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Sir John Lillie Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2025.

When was Sir John Lillie Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Sir John Lillie Primary School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Sir John Lillie Primary School have?

Sir John Lillie Primary School has 175 pupils on roll.

What age range does Sir John Lillie Primary School cover?

Sir John Lillie Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Sir John Lillie Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Sir John Lillie Primary School?

Sir John Lillie Primary School is at Lillie Road, Lillie Road, Fulham, SW6 7LN.