Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School

Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School is a happy, nurturing and inclusive primary school with a strong Christian ethos and a clear sense of community. Inspectors found the school outstanding in every judgement area, including early years provision, following a previous inspection graded Good in July 2023. Pupils, including those with SEND, make excellent progress and achieve highly within a broad, well-sequenced and highly ambitious curriculum. The school's strengths include very positive relationships, consistently high expectations for behaviour, strong early reading and phonics provision, and a wide enrichment programme that includes music, local history and visits. Personal development and mental health support are prioritised, attendance is improving, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. Leaders and governors show a continuous drive for improvement, and staff value collaboration with other local schools. This is a smaller-than-average primary school with a breakfast and after-school club on site. The executive headteacher leads four local schools. No areas of concern were identified in the report.

Strengths

• Broad, well-sequenced and highly ambitious curriculum is well embedded across subjects
• Pupils, including those with SEND, make excellent progress and achieve highly
• Warm, nurturing and inclusive culture where everyone feels included
• Pupils behave very well in lessons and around the school
• Strong early reading and phonics provision with consistent teaching
• Personal development and mental health support are key priorities
• Comprehensive enrichment programme including music and local history
• Attendance is improving through decisive and proactive action
• Leaders and governors demonstrate a continuous drive for improvement
• Staff feel proud to work at the school and value collaborative working
• Pupils contribute positively to school improvement work
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

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 Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.7% 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 Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic 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 Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School had 20.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.9% 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, 18.6% of pupils at Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.7% 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 Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School received £11,511 and spent £10,492 for each of its 194 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £91,000 (-£468 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 Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in October 2024.

When was Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School was last inspected in October 2024.

How many pupils does Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School have?

Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School has 194 pupils on roll.

What age range does Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School cover?

Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

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

Where is Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School?

Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School is at Treadgold Street, Notting Hill, London, W11 4BJ.