Our Lady of Lourdes RC School

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspection categories. This is a notable shift from its prior 'Outstanding' grade more than a decade ago, mainly due to changes in the school's operational context and the impact of the extended gap between inspections. The school exhibits a positive atmosphere with high expectations for behaviour and learning, fostering strong partnerships between the school and families. Pupils show enthusiasm for learning, engage well with the curriculum, and are typically respectful and cooperative.

Strengths

• Leaders have high expectations of behaviour and learning.
• Pupils enjoy coming to school and typically learn well.
• There is a broad and ambitious curriculum designed by leaders.
• Reading is prioritized with a well-established early reading curriculum.
• Teachers adapt tasks to accommodate pupils' differing needs, including those with SEND.
• Strong community spirit and involvement from parents and carers.

Areas for Improvement

• Implementation of the curriculum is inconsistent in a small number of subjects.
• Teachers do not always check pupils' understanding effectively.

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 Our Lady of Lourdes RC School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.0% 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, 1.9% of pupils at Our Lady of Lourdes RC 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 Our Lady of Lourdes RC School had 17.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 14.5% of pupils at Our Lady of Lourdes RC School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.2% 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 Our Lady of Lourdes RC School received £8,620 and spent £9,924 for each of its 189 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £509,000 (-£2,698 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 Our Lady of Lourdes RC School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Our Lady of Lourdes RC School is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was Our Lady of Lourdes RC School last inspected by Ofsted?

Our Lady of Lourdes RC School was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Our Lady of Lourdes RC School have?

Our Lady of Lourdes RC School has 193 pupils on roll.

What age range does Our Lady of Lourdes RC School cover?

Our Lady of Lourdes RC School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Our Lady of Lourdes RC School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Our Lady of Lourdes RC School?

Our Lady of Lourdes RC School is at Bow Lane, Finchley, London, N12 0JP.