Ravenstone Primary School

Ravenstone Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspection areas. The school has created a positive and inclusive environment where pupils feel happy and safe, supported by dedicated staff and a curriculum that promotes both academic and personal development. There is a strong focus on reading from an early age, ensuring children develop a love for literacy and are well-prepared for future educational challenges.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and feel safe at school.
• There is a strong emphasis on reading, with effective phonics instruction.
• The curriculum is broad and balanced, aligning well with national expectations.
• Effective support is provided for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
• The school promotes a positive ethos with clear values such as kindness and respect.
• Behaviour in lessons is consistently strong due to clear routines and expectations.
• Pupils take pride in their responsibilities and the upkeep of the school.

Areas for Improvement

• The early years curriculum does not systematically identify important knowledge for Year 1 preparation.
• In some subjects, assessment processes are not fully effective, leading to persistent misconceptions.

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 Ravenstone Primary School attended 94.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.6% 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 Ravenstone 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 Ravenstone Primary School had 17.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 36.7% 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, 9.5% of pupils at Ravenstone Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 11.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 18 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 Ravenstone Primary School received £11,932 and spent £12,836 for each of its 326 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,479,000 (£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

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

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

What is Ravenstone Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ravenstone Primary School is Good, from an inspection in October 2023.

When was Ravenstone Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ravenstone Primary School was last inspected in October 2023.

How many pupils does Ravenstone Primary School have?

Ravenstone Primary School has 283 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ravenstone Primary School cover?

Ravenstone Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ravenstone Primary School?

Ravenstone Primary School is at Ravenstone Street, Balham, London, SW12 9SS.