Lady Margaret Primary School, Southall
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 7 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Lady Margaret Primary provides an exceptionally rich education where children thrive academically, personally and socially. Every pupil has full access to a carefully designed curriculum with specialist support, creative enrichment activities, and genuinely inclusive care. Staff know each child as an individual and remove barriers to learning, ensuring all pupils - particularly disadvantaged children - achieve outstanding results.
Key Strengths
- Pupils achieve significantly above national averages in all subjects, with disadvantaged pupils performing exceptionally well compared to peers nationally
- Highly ambitious and expertly designed curriculum with specialist staff including an artist in residence
- Exceptional inclusive practice with rapid identification of needs and effective interventions for all pupils
- Outstanding personal development programme with rich enrichment activities like film-making, Shakespeare projects and museum visits
- Strong behaviour and positive relationships throughout the school with calm, purposeful atmosphere
Areas for Improvement
- Attendance rates declined in 2025 with persistent absenteeism rising to unusually high levels, though leaders have responded with determination and rates are now improving
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility, concerns are actively identified and managed, and pupils feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Film-making project, Shakespeare project, edible playground garden with produce growing and selling, museum visits, music events, forest school, Junior Leadership Team elections, charity events, community projects
Lady Margaret Primary School is an exceptionally high-performing primary school where pupils make impressive progress across all subjects and consistently achieve well above national averages. The school has created a deeply inclusive culture with outstanding teaching, a richly ambitious curriculum, and excellent personal development opportunities for all learners.
At a Glance
24.6%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 86%. Maths has declined from 89% to 85%. Writing has improved from 83% to 92%.
Class Sizes
27.7
Avg class size
28.5
Infant (KS1)
29.5
KS2
14
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
69%
Available places
434 pupils
630 capacity
196 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Southall
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Southall
Admissions Demand - Ealing
Places available
4,125
Applications
3,570
Got 1st preference
88.9%
Got preferred school
98.3%
Primary admissions across Ealing (2025/26)
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
6.44693%
Overall absence
18%
Persistent absence
400
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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