Van Gogh Primary

Van Gogh Primary is a nurturing and inclusive school where pupils feel happy and valued as part of a close-knit community. The leadership team has established a solid foundation of good educational practices, fostering a broad and ambitious curriculum with high expectations for all learners, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The school successfully engages families and provides a safe environment where pupils can thrive socially and academically. Overall, the school demonstrates a commitment to continuous improvement, highlighted by current initiatives focusing on refining teaching in mathematics and other subjects.

Strengths

• Strong community involvement and engagement with families.
• High expectations for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Broad and ambitious curriculum with well-defined sequences of learning.
• Effective support for reading, including systematic phonics teaching.
• Positive pupil behavior and engagement in school activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in checks on pupils' learning in some subjects.
• Leadership in some foundation subjects is still developing.

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 Van Gogh Primary attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.3% 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 Van Gogh Primary 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 Van Gogh Primary had 17.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.0% 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, 16.3% of pupils at Van Gogh Primary were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 3 pupils.

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 Van Gogh Primary received £11,296 and spent £11,365 for each of its 272 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,959,000 (£7,201 per pupil).

Across all 4 schools of The Dunraven Educational Trust, income was £10,214 and spending £10,167 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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Van Gogh Primary is part of The Dunraven Educational Trust, which runs 4 schools. The nearest others:

• Rosendale Primary School London
• The Elmgreen School London
• Dunraven School London

What is Van Gogh Primary's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Van Gogh Primary is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Van Gogh Primary last inspected by Ofsted?

Van Gogh Primary was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Van Gogh Primary have?

Van Gogh Primary has 239 pupils on roll.

What age range does Van Gogh Primary cover?

Van Gogh Primary for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Van Gogh Primary's SATs (KS2) results?

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

Where is Van Gogh Primary?

Van Gogh Primary is at Cowley Road, London, SW9 6HF.