Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School is a warm, inclusive and nurturing school where pupils feel safe and have a strong sense of belonging. Safeguarding standards are met. Inspectors found particular strength in early years, where the curriculum is meticulously designed and children get off to a strong start in communication, language and phonics. Personal development and wellbeing are also a major strength: pupils learn about health, relationships, equality and British values, take part in wide enrichment and community work, and behave exceptionally well. Overall, the school is performing at the expected level across most areas. Pupils achieve well in reading, writing and mathematics, including disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND, and key stage 2 attainment at the expected standard is typically above national averages. Leadership and governance are clear-sighted, staff are positive and well supported, and parents value the school's family feel. The school has recently opened a Nursery, a significant change, and has maintained a clear improvement plan. However, there are areas to develop. Work in some wider curriculum subjects does not build pupils' depth of knowledge as securely, reflected in lower proportions reaching greater depth. Support for some pupils with barriers to learning beyond SEND is not consistently effective. The school's new wider-curriculum assessment approach is not yet fully embedded, and persistent absence has risen to close to the national average, so leaders need to continue improving attendance. Next steps focus on assessment, challenge and adaptation across the curriculum.

Strengths

• Early years provision is exceptionally well designed and led, with a meticulous curriculum across Nursery and Reception.
• A strong focus on communication, language and phonics helps children learn to read and write confidently.
• Children with additional needs in early years are identified swiftly and supported highly effectively.
• The personal development and wellbeing curriculum is strong from early years to Year 6 and prepares pupils well for life beyond school.
• Pupils demonstrate fundamental British values, respect equality and diversity, and engage in meaningful debate.
• A wide range of enrichment, clubs, trips, visitors and community activities builds empathy and responsibility.
• Pupils are polite, kind, respectful and behave very well; bullying is very rare and dealt with swiftly.
• Attendance is broadly in line with national averages, and leaders act early to prevent persistent absence.
• Pupils, including disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND, achieve well in reading, writing and mathematics.
• Key stage 2 attainment at the expected standard is typically above the national average, including for disadvantaged pupils.
• Leaders and governors know the school well, have clear improvement plans and fulfil their statutory duties.
• Staff are proud and happy to work at the school, value professional training, and feel leaders consider their workload and wellbeing.
• Parents and carers are overwhelmingly positive and value the caring staff and family feeling.
• The school has an inclusive culture, using pupil premium funding to remove barriers and provide targeted support.
• Safeguarding standards are met, with an open culture in which concerns are actively identified and managed.

Areas for Improvement

• Learning across some wider curriculum subjects is not as secure, so pupils do not develop depth of knowledge as well as they could.
• Lower proportions of pupils attain at greater depth in national tests.
• Support for some pupils with barriers to learning beyond SEND is sometimes not effective enough.
• In some wider curriculum subjects, teachers do not design learning activities that develop pupils' knowledge and skills well enough.
• Pupils who complete tasks quickly are not consistently given additional opportunities to deepen their learning.
• The new assessment system for the wider curriculum is still being embedded, and its full impact is not yet evident.
• Support for pupils with other barriers to learning is not consistently effective.
• Persistent absence has risen to close to the national average and requires continued improvement.
• Leaders need to ensure all pupils are supported and challenged across the curriculum, including through suitable adaptations to learning.
• Leaders need to ensure learning activities more precisely support and encourage the knowledge they want pupils to know and remember.

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 Catholic Primary School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.8% 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 Our Lady of Lourdes 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 Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School had 27.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.0% 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, 8.4% of pupils at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.4% 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 Catholic Primary School received £8,795 and spent £8,579 for each of its 198 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £29,000 (-£148 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 Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in June 2026.

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

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School was last inspected in June 2026.

How many pupils does Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School have?

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School has 202 pupils on roll.

What age range does Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School cover?

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

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

In 2025, 88% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School?

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School is at The Limes Avenue, London, N11 1RD.