Barlby Primary School, London

Ofsted's report card from its 28 April 2026 inspection grades Barlby Primary School on 7 areas: 2 strong standard and 5 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Barlby places inclusion at the heart of everything it does."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Barlby provides a rich and ambitious personal development offer that broadens pupils' horizons and builds their confidence, curiosity and character."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Children in early years develop secure knowledge, particularly in early language, reading and mathematics."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Attendance continues to improve and is now comparable to national figures for all pupils."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have a secure understanding of the quality of the curriculum and teaching."

Early years - Expected standard. "The early years provides a rich, language‑filled and engaging environment where children learn through purposeful teaching."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have created a positive and supportive working culture."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that recent improvements in attendance are sustained so that all pupils attend regularly, are ready to learn and continue to achieve over time"; "Leaders should sustain their work to further refine the curriculum and how it is taught, especially in the small number of subjects where this work is less embedded, thereby enabling pupils to deepen their knowledge and achieve consistently highly over time".

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils at Barlby Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 70% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 86% and 85% in Kensington and Chelsea and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (71% in reading, 69% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 29 families put Barlby Primary School as their first choice and 70 named it as one of their preferences, for 33 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Barlby Primary School are St Charles Catholic Primary School (0.1 miles, Good, 96% reading, 93% maths); Ark Brunel Primary Academy (0.3 miles, Good, 62% reading, 62% maths); Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 84% reading, 84% maths); and St Thomas' CofE Primary School (0.3 miles, Outstanding, 84% reading, 84% maths).

Barlby Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

55.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 26.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Mixed (27%), White British (20%) and Black (20%).

In 2026, 88 pupils (26%) received SEN support and 40 (11.8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

Barlby Primary School has a SEN unit for autism: 18 places, 18 pupils on roll.

Barlby Primary School had 26 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest Underground station is Ladbroke Grove Underground Station, about 770 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Barlby Gardens, 70 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Barlby Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Barlby Primary School issued 13 suspensions, 3.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Barlby Primary School are All Saints Catholic College (0.2 miles), Kensington Aldridge Academy (0.6 miles) and Ark Burlington Danes Academy (0.6 miles).