Our Lady of Victories Catholic Primary School, London

Ofsted's report card from its 14 July 2026 inspection grades Our Lady of Victories Catholic Primary School on 7 areas: 6 strong standard and 1 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils achieve very well from their starting points."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Overall attendance has been significantly above national averages over time."

Early years - Strong standard. "Leaders have embedded an ambitious and well-organised early years curriculum."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders have established a highly inclusive culture in the school."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders have a very secure understanding of their school's strengths and areas for development."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "The school has a coherent and well-sequenced programme for pupils' personal development."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed an ambitious and broad curriculum that sets out the knowledge pupils need to learn across subjects."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that the ambitious curriculum is implemented consistently well across the wider curriculum and that teachers make highly effective choices about how different learning activities can maximise pupils' engagement and progress"; "Leaders should continue promoting their very high expectations of attendance and further reduce instances of non-illness related absences for all groups of pupils".

In 2025, 100% of Year 6 pupils at Our Lady of Victories Catholic Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 96% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 83% and 81% in Wandsworth and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 79% in reading and 82% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 22 families put Our Lady of Victories Catholic Primary School as their first choice and 123 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 2 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Our Lady of Victories Catholic Primary School are Hotham Primary School (under 0.1 miles, Good, 85% reading, 80% maths); St Mary's CofE Nursery and Primary School (0.2 miles, Good, 81% reading, 86% maths); All Saints' CofE Primary School, Putney (0.4 miles, Good, 92% reading, 88% maths); and Oasis Academy Putney (0.5 miles, Good, 85% reading, 85% maths).

Our Lady of Victories Catholic Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

4.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 42.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (29%), Mixed (11%) and other ethnic groups (11%).

In 2026, 10 pupils (6%) received SEN support and 4 (2.4%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

Our Lady of Victories Catholic Primary School had 12 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Putney Station, about 420 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Putney Methodist Church, 120 metres away.

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

In August 2026, police recorded 408 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and vehicle crime. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Wandsworth (649).

In 2024/25, Our Lady of Victories Catholic Primary School issued 3 suspensions, 1.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Our Lady of Victories Catholic Primary School are Ark Putney Academy (0.6 miles) and Ashcroft Technology Academy (0.8 miles).