St Paul's CofE Primary School, Brentford

Ofsted's report card from its 9 June 2026 inspection grades St Paul's CofE 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.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders make pupil attendance and behaviour a high priority."

Early years - Strong standard. "Leaders provide clear and purposeful direction for early years, underpinned by a well-considered curriculum that identifies the key knowledge and skills children need across all areas of learning."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Across the year groups, an above-average proportion of pupils arrive and leave at different points in the year."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders keep the curriculum under regular review and have made significant improvements since the last inspection to the core subjects of English and mathematics."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders make sure that pupils' needs are identified quickly and accurately."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders provide a welcoming, nurturing and inclusive education for pupils."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Pupils benefit from a wide range of opportunities that support their personal development and wellbeing."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should strengthen teaching by supporting all teachers to enhance their skills in adapting learning to meet pupils' additional needs consistently well"; "Leaders should build further on the school's current work to refine and embed teaching approaches that consistently support pupils to know and remember more over time"; "Leaders should continue their work on strengthening the curriculum so that staff know precisely what knowledge pupils must know across all of the wider curriculum subjects"; "The governing body should maintain its focus on strengthening its knowledge and skills to ensure that it continues to fulfil its role effectively and sustain compliance with statutory duties".

In 2025, 84% of Year 6 pupils at St Paul's CofE Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 84% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 82% and 83% in Hounslow and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 75% in reading and 70% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 42 families put St Paul's CofE Primary School as their first choice and 113 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. That is 1.4 first choices for every place. 13 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Paul's CofE Primary School are Green Dragon Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 79% reading, 81% maths); Our Lady and St John's Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 100% reading, 100% maths); Lionel Primary School (0.7 miles, Outstanding, 89% reading, 92% maths); and The King's Church of England Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 93% reading, 93% maths).

St Paul's CofE Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

43.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (39%), Mixed (15%) and other ethnic groups (15%).

In 2026, 45 pupils (18.3%) received SEN support and 5 (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 speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Brentford, about 400 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Brentford County Court (stand z2), 40 metres away.

In 2024/25, St Paul's CofE Primary School issued 7 suspensions, 2.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to St Paul's CofE Primary School are Brentford School for Girls (under 0.1 miles), Gunnersbury Catholic School (0.7 miles), Ealing Fields Church of England High School (0.9 miles) and The Green School for Boys (0.9 miles).