St Theresa's Catholic Primary School, London
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Your child will receive good quality teaching and achieve well academically at St Theresa's, with Year 6 pupils reaching above-average standards. The school excels in music and sports, offering a broad range of subjects and enrichment activities. Your child will develop strong values around tolerance, respect and British citizenship in a multicultural environment.
Key Strengths
- Pupils achieve above national averages in reading, writing and mathematics, with significantly above-average progress
- Quality of teaching is good with strong teacher support for improvement
- Music and sports are particular strengths with a wide range of enrichment activities
- Early years provision is good with interesting, well-taught activities
- Strong focus on pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development with good behaviour
Areas for Improvement
- Safeguarding processes are not sufficiently rigorous - checks and systems are not fully in place
- Written records of incidents concerning child safety and welfare are not being kept in detail
- Follow-up checks on children identified as at risk are not being made consistently
- Discriminatory behaviour and accidents are not being recorded to identify trends
- Staff checking records are not complete and up-to-date
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is not effective - checks and systems are not fully in place to ensure pupils' safety, with inadequate record-keeping of incidents and insufficient follow-up on at-risk children.
Extracurricular Activities
Recorder lessons, gospel assemblies, film club, tag rugby, netball, free swimming lessons, breakfast club, after-school clubs
St Theresa's Catholic Primary School is a larger-than-average primary school where pupils achieve well academically and teaching is good, but the school has been rated inadequate overall due to serious weaknesses in safeguarding procedures and administrative routines.
At a Glance
20.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 90% to 73%. Maths has declined from 97% to 88%. Writing has declined from 100% to 77%.
Class Sizes
19.8
Avg class size
18.7
Infant (KS1)
25.0
KS2
8
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
69%
Available places
180 pupils
262 capacity
82 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)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
5.00834%
Overall absence
11.51515%
Persistent absence
165
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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