St Paul's CofE Primary School NW7, London
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
St Paul's excels at creating an inclusive, richly diverse community where pupils respect each other and develop strong moral values. Teaching is outstanding, with teachers using creative resources and careful planning to help all pupils progress significantly. The school offers outstanding early years provision and a wide range of enrichment activities that make learning fun while building resilience and teamwork.
Key Strengths
- Outstanding quality of teaching with imaginative planning and excellent use of resources
- Exceptional early years provision with children making progress above national averages
- Outstanding outcomes with all pupils making significantly above-average progress
- Strong leadership with high expectations and clear Christian vision
- Thematic curriculum that stimulates thinking and creativity with rich enrichment activities
Areas for Improvement
- Provide more consistent challenge for the most able pupils to deepen their thinking
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective with comprehensive policies, robust pre-employment checks, up-to-date staff training on radicalisation, FGM and child sexual exploitation, and close partnership work with external services.
Extracurricular Activities
Breakfast club, computing club, gymnastics, recorder, steel pans, musical performances, chess in national events, lunchtime and after-school activities, sporting activities
St Paul's CofE Primary School is an outstanding school with excellent leadership, high-quality teaching, and a strong Christian ethos that ensures all pupils have equal opportunities to excel. The school achieved outstanding outcomes in 2016 with pupils making significantly above-average progress across all phases.
At a Glance
20.2%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 87% to 97%. Maths has improved from 83% to 93%. Writing has remained stable at around 90%.
Class Sizes
29.4
Avg class size
29.0
Infant (KS1)
29.8
KS2
7
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
94%
Near capacity
198 pupils
210 capacity
12 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - London
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Admissions Demand - Barnet
Places available
4,376
Applications
3,709
Got 1st preference
84.3%
Got preferred school
97.1%
Primary admissions across Barnet (2025/26)
Inspection History(108)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
4.63872%
Overall absence
7.56757%
Persistent absence
185
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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