St Clement Danes CofE Primary School

St Clement Danes C of E Primary School is a highly effective, inclusive Church of England primary in Westminster where pupils receive an exceptional education. Inspectors found no significant weaknesses: provision is outstanding across the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years. Pupils, including those with SEND, achieve highly and published outcomes are well above national averages. Behaviour is exemplary, pupils feel safe, and the school’s pastoral care and focus on well-being are strong. The curriculum is ambitious, carefully constructed and expertly taught, with reading at its heart. Early years children get an excellent start in a stimulating environment, and staff adapt learning well for pupils with SEND. Pupils benefit from an impressive, coherent programme of wider opportunities, including trips, leadership roles and community involvement. Governance is strong, staff are well supported, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. This was a graded section 5 inspection following a period in which the school was exempt from routine inspection because of its previous outstanding judgement. Since September 2024, schools inspected under section 5 are not awarded an overall effectiveness grade. The report reflects a school with a calm, respectful culture and high expectations, well prepared for the next stage of education.

Strengths

• Exceptional, inclusive education in a welcoming environment
• Exemplary pupil behaviour and consistently high expectations
• All pupils, including those with SEND, achieve highly
• Published outcomes well above national averages
• Ambitious, well-constructed curriculum taught expertly
• Strong early years provision building independence and resilience
• Reading at the heart of the school with effective phonics support
• Consistent teaching approaches and quick address of misconceptions
• Impressive wider opportunities that enrich personal development
• Meaningful pupil leadership roles and community contribution
• Calm, orderly culture with clear routines
• Governors provide appropriate support and challenge
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

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 Clement Danes CofE Primary School attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.0% 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, 0.0% of pupils at St Clement Danes CofE 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 St Clement Danes CofE Primary School had 16.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.9% 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, 16.6% of pupils at St Clement Danes CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% 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 St Clement Danes CofE Primary School received £9,635 and spent £9,683 for each of its 193 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,000 (£4 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 St Clement Danes CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Clement Danes CofE Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was St Clement Danes CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Clement Danes CofE Primary School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does St Clement Danes CofE Primary School have?

St Clement Danes CofE Primary School has 193 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Clement Danes CofE Primary School cover?

St Clement Danes CofE Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are St Clement Danes CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 100% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Clement Danes CofE Primary School?

St Clement Danes CofE Primary School is at 118 Drury Lane, Covent Garden, London, WC2B 5SU.