Gladstone Park Primary School

Gladstone Park Primary School continues to perform well, maintaining a good standard since its last inspection in 2017. The school fosters a positive atmosphere where pupils are happy and engaged in their learning. There is a strong emphasis on creating a life-long love of learning, and leaders are committed to ensuring every child, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), achieves their potential. Additionally, partnerships with families and the community enhance the school environment and support student development.

Strengths

• Strong focus on developing a love of reading among pupils.
• Well-planned and ambitious curriculum across subjects.
• Good support for pupils with SEND, allowing them to achieve well.
• Positive staff morale with strong leadership support.
• Effective safeguarding measures in place.
• Wide range of extracurricular activities and community engagement.

Areas for Improvement

• Some staff lack experience in delivering the new phonics programme.
• Pupils struggle with understanding and using new vocabulary in writing.

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 Gladstone Park Primary School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.5% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Gladstone Park 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 Gladstone Park Primary School had 20.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 51.1% 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, 16.2% of pupils at Gladstone Park Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.4% 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 2024–25 Gladstone Park Primary School received £7,638 and spent £7,816 for each of its 643 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £181,000 (£282 per pupil).

Across all 15 schools of Anthem Schools Trust, income was £8,162 and spending £8,134 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Gladstone Park Primary School is part of Anthem Schools Trust, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

• Abacus Belsize Primary School London
• Judith Kerr Primary School London
• St Mark's Church of England Academy Mitcham
• Queensbury Academy Dunstable
• All Saints Junior School Reading
• Meadow Park Academy Reading
• Abbey Woods Academy Wallingford
• Oxford Spires Academy Oxford
• The Deepings School Peterborough
• Boston West Academy Boston

What is Gladstone Park Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Gladstone Park Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Gladstone Park Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Gladstone Park Primary School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Gladstone Park Primary School have?

Gladstone Park Primary School has 623 pupils on roll.

What age range does Gladstone Park Primary School cover?

Gladstone Park Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Gladstone Park Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 76% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Gladstone Park Primary School?

Gladstone Park Primary School is at Sherrick Green Road, Dollis Hill, London, NW10 1LB.