Christ The King Catholic Primary School

Christ The King Catholic Primary School is a welcoming, inclusive school where pupils feel happy, safe and valued. The school has high expectations for behaviour and achievement, and pupils achieve well. The early years provision is exceptionally strong, giving children a secure foundation, and pupils’ personal development is a standout feature, with a broad range of enriching experiences and opportunities for responsibility. Reading is a priority, pupils with SEND are extremely well supported, behaviour is calm and orderly, and attendance has been strengthened. Leadership and governance are effective, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. The main area for improvement is that, in a few subjects in Years 1 to 6, recently reviewed curriculum plans are not yet fully embedded. As a result, pupils sometimes do not make strong connections between prior learning and new knowledge and skills, which can limit how well they build understanding incrementally across those subjects. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a Catholic primary school in the Diocese of Westminster, and under the current graded inspection framework the school received judgements for each key area rather than an overall effectiveness grade.

Strengths

• Warm, inclusive and welcoming ethos with pupils at the heart of the school
• High expectations for behaviour and achievement
• Exceptional early years provision that builds strong foundations
• Strong reading provision, especially early reading and support for pupils who need extra help
• Extremely effective support for pupils with SEND
• Calm and orderly behaviour throughout the school
• Improved attendance through robust policies and targeted support
• Exceptional personal development and wider opportunities
• Effective leadership and governance with consideration for staff workload and well-being
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

Areas for Improvement

• In a few subjects in Years 1 to 6, recently reviewed curriculum changes are not fully embedded
• Pupils sometimes do not connect prior learning with new knowledge and skills well enough to build understanding incrementally

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 Christ The King Catholic Primary School attended 92.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 22.9% 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, 0.8% of pupils at Christ The King Catholic Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Christ The King Catholic Primary School had 16.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 26.1% 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, 16.7% of pupils at Christ The King Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 9.6% 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 Christ The King Catholic Primary School received £10,395 and spent £11,122 for each of its 240 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £109,000 (-£455 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 Christ The King Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Christ The King Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Christ The King Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Christ The King Catholic Primary School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Christ The King Catholic Primary School have?

Christ The King Catholic Primary School has 240 pupils on roll.

What age range does Christ The King Catholic Primary School cover?

Christ The King Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Christ The King Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 39% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Christ The King Catholic Primary School?

Christ The King Catholic Primary School is at 55 Tollington Park, London, N4 3QW.