Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School

Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School is a highly effective Catholic primary school within the Good Shepherd Catholic Trust. Following a graded inspection in June 2025, it was judged outstanding in every key area: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This marks a significant improvement from its previous 'Good' grade. Pupils are described as exceptionally well behaved, polite, safe and highly engaged in an ambitious, broad curriculum that helps them achieve exceptionally well, including in national assessments.

Strengths

• An ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum from Nursery onwards builds deep knowledge across subjects.
• Teachers are subject experts who present information clearly and check understanding carefully.
• Exceptionally well-trained staff deliver the phonics programme consistently and precisely.
• Reading is prioritised, with well-matched books and strong support for parents and carers.
• Pupils with SEND are fully included and receive personalised support to access the same curriculum.
• Behaviour is exceptional, lessons are disruption-free and attendance rates are very high.
• Personal development is carefully planned, including health, online safety and British values.
• Pupils take on leadership roles and contribute to the school and local charities.
• Staff are unanimously proud to work at the school and feel well supported with workload and well-being.
• Trust and governance know the school well and share its high expectations.

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 RC Primary School attended 96.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 3.6% 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, 0.2% of pupils at Our Lady of Lourdes RC 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 RC Primary School had 20.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.3% 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 Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.7% 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 Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School received £7,836 and spent £7,781 for each of its 444 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £158,000 (£356 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of The Good Shepherd Catholic Trust, income was £8,234 and spending £8,332 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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Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School is part of The Good Shepherd Catholic Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• St Aidan's Catholic Primary Academy Ilford
• SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School Ilford
• The Palmer Catholic Academy Ilford
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Barking
• St Vincent's Catholic Primary School Dagenham
• The St Teresa Catholic Primary School Dagenham
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Dagenham

What is Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in September 2025.

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

Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School was last inspected in September 2025.

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

Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School has 450 pupils on roll.

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

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

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

In 2025, 94% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School?

Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School is at Chestnut Drive, Wanstead, London, E11 2TA.