Chesterton Primary School

Chesterton Primary School, located in Battersea, London, received its first inspection since becoming an academy and has been rated as outstanding across all areas. The school demonstrates a strong commitment to providing a high-quality education, with notable strengths in its ambitious curriculum and the supportive environment it fosters for all pupils. Pupils report a positive experience at school, emphasizing their happiness, the effective support from staff, and the collaborative spirit within the school community. Leaders actively promote personal development and a sense of responsibility among students, reinforcing their engagement and success.

Strengths

• Outstanding quality of education across all areas.
• Strong belief among leaders and staff that every pupil can achieve well.
• Ambitious and well-structured curriculum that supports knowledge retention.
• High levels of pupil engagement and positive relationships among students and staff.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND, ensuring they learn alongside their peers.
• Robust focus on reading, with early interventions for developing readers.
• Wide range of extracurricular activities promoting personal development.

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 Chesterton Primary School attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.4% 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, 1.2% of pupils at Chesterton 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 Chesterton Primary School had 16.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.8% 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, 14.9% of pupils at Chesterton Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.8% 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 Chesterton Primary School received £14,622 and spent £11,339 for each of its 414 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,879,000 (£4,545 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of Wandle Learning Trust, income was £11,907 and spending £10,640 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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All schools in Wandsworth · Wandsworth local authority: places and applications

Chesterton Primary School is part of Wandle Learning Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

• Swaffield School London
• Chestnut Grove Academy London
• Ravenstone Primary School London
• Fircroft Primary School London
• Norbury High School for Girls Thornton Heath
• Thomson House School London
• Kensington Avenue Primary School Thornton Heath
• Paxton Academy Sports And Science Thornton Heath
• Hellingly Community Primary School Hailsham
• Grovelands Community Primary School Hailsham

What is Chesterton Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Chesterton Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in February 2023.

When was Chesterton Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Chesterton Primary School was last inspected in February 2023.

How many pupils does Chesterton Primary School have?

Chesterton Primary School has 416 pupils on roll.

What age range does Chesterton Primary School cover?

Chesterton Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Chesterton Primary School?

Chesterton Primary School is at Dagnall Street, Battersea, London, SW11 5DT.