St Jude's Church of England Primary School, London

Ofsted's report card from its 27 January 2026 inspection grades St Jude's Church of England Primary School on 7 areas: 6 expected standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils make steady progress from their starting points across the curriculum."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The curriculum is designed carefully to help pupils build secure knowledge and skills over time, particularly in reading, writing and mathematics."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children experience a calm and welcoming start to school."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders identify pupils' additional needs quickly, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, disadvantaged pupils and those who join the school at different points in the year."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders understand the school's context, strengths and areas that need further improvement."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have put in place a clear approach to personal development and wellbeing."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Attendance is below national levels for some pupils, including a small number who are persistently absent."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• Leaders should continue to strengthen attendance so that their actions are timely, consistent and lead to sustained improvement for all pupils, particularly following school holidays. • Leaders should further develop the teaching of writing so that pupils build secure handwriting and write effectively for different purposes, applied consistently across the school".

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils at St Jude's Church of England Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 71% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 81% and 80% in Southwark and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 67% in reading and 75% in maths in 2024.

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

Across Southwark, 84% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 98% were offered one of the schools they named.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Jude's Church of England Primary School are St George's Cathedral Catholic Primary School (0.1 miles); Friars Primary Foundation School (0.3 miles, Good, 86% reading, 77% maths); Oasis Academy South Bank Primary (0.4 miles, Good, 65% reading, 60% maths); and Walnut Tree Walk Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 89% reading, 82% maths).

St Jude's Church of England Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

83.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 43.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (25%), other ethnic groups (23%) and Asian (17%).

In 2026, 5 pupils (7.7%) received SEN support and 6 (9.2%) 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.

St Jude's Church of England Primary School had 5 teachers in 2026, one for every 11 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest Underground station is Elephant & Castle Underground Station, about 320 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).

20 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Georges Rd/Imperial War Mus, 60 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 2400 crimes within a mile of the school, most often theft from the person, anti-social behaviour and violence and sexual offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Southwark (1438), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, St Jude's Church of England Primary School issued 1 suspension, 1.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to St Jude's Church of England Primary School are Notre Dame Catholic Girls' School (under 0.1 miles), Oasis Academy South Bank (0.3 miles), Haberdashers' Borough Academy (0.5 miles) and Ark Globe Academy (0.6 miles).