St Bede's Catholic Primary School, London

Ofsted's report card from its 3 June 2026 inspection grades St Bede's Catholic Primary School on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Across the curriculum, pupils' work shows they build knowledge and skills over time."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have robust systems to check on pupils' attendance and swiftly follow up any absences."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have developed a broad and well-resourced curriculum that meets the changed context of the school and the addition of pupils in Year 3 to 6."

Early years - Expected standard. "Generally, in the well-resourced early years phase, children develop a wide range of knowledge and skills."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders are quick to identify and reduce barriers to pupils' learning and their engagement with school."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders work hard to form a welcoming school community, bringing together two previously separate infant and junior schools into a united primary school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school provides a comprehensive programme of personal, health and social education and relationship education that covers all the required themes."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue their programme of training and support and ensure that adaptations for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are precisely focused on their needs and have a strong impact on their learning"; "Leaders should continue to develop the use of checks on pupils' learning to identify quickly where there are gaps in understanding and when pupils are ready to move on to more-complex ideas".

For September 2026 entry, 9 families put St Bede's Catholic Primary School as their first choice and 30 named it as one of their preferences, for 19 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 St Bede's Catholic Primary School are Telferscot Primary School (0.2 miles, Outstanding, 85% reading, 81% maths); Henry Cavendish Primary School (0.3 miles, Outstanding, 85% reading, 88% maths); Richard Atkins Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 65% reading, 67% maths); and The Orchard School (0.6 miles, Outstanding, 87% reading, 90% maths).

44.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 53.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (55%), other ethnic groups (13%) and Mixed (8%).

In 2026, 26 pupils (18.2%) received SEN support and 3 (2.1%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

St Bede's Catholic Primary School had 8 teachers in 2026, one for every 6 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Streatham Hill Station, about 910 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hydethorpe Road, 140 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 833 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Lambeth (1302).

St Bede's Catholic Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to St Bede's Catholic Primary School are La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School (0.4 miles) and Harris Academy Clapham (0.6 miles).