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St Leonard's Church of England Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMr Simon Jackson

corporate_fareSDBE MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST

location_onLondon, SW16 6NP

language Visit Website phone 2087692712

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Ofsted

Outstanding

Inspected 2017

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Students

367

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Expected Standard

45%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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St Leonard's Church of England Primary School is a Academy converter primary school in London, serving ages 4-11. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted — the highest possible grade. Ranks in the top 87% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

St Leonard's Church of England Primary School is an academy converter in London, Lambeth, admitting pupils aged 4-11. It is part of SDBE MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST. The school has approximately 406 pupils on roll, of whom 24% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 45% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 5% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #54 of 56 primaries in Lambeth and #12,249 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2017. The school's current overall rating is Outstanding.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 20.1:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.6 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

45%

LA 67%

Reading78% LA 79%

Writing51% LA 75%

Maths75% LA 76%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

63%

LA 64%England 61%

Reading79% LA 77% · Eng 74%

Writing71% LA 73% · Eng 72%

Maths81% LA 75% · Eng 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

49%

LA 63%England 60%

Reading73% LA 75% · Eng 73%

Writing65% LA 72% · Eng 71%

Maths68% LA 76% · Eng 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.1

Read

LA 0.6

-2.0 to 2.2

-1.1

Write

LA 0.4

-3.1 to 0.9

-1.9

Maths

LA 0.7

-3.9 to 0.1

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

67%

LA 70%England 65%

Reading85% LA 78% · Eng 73%

Writing78% LA 80% · Eng 78%

Maths67% LA 82% · Eng 79%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

4.3

Read

LA 1.7

2.0 to 6.7

0.7

Write

LA 1.3

-1.5 to 2.9

1.0

Maths

LA 1.6

-1.1 to 3.0

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

11 May 2022

Inspection Report

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07 June 2018

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2017-03-02

Maintained Academy and School Short inspection EIF

Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

2011-09-20

None EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.2%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.2%(1 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

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verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 406 pupils. During this period, there were 1 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.2%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	406	1	0.2%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	402	4	1.0%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	396	0	0.0%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	392	1	0.3%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	390	1	0.3%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	366	0	0.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	367	5	1.4%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	373	4	1.1%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	342	1	0.3%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	336	6	1.8%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	339	5	1.5%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	322	2	0.6%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	336	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	338	1	0.3%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	312	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	312	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	313	1	0.3%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	292	3	1.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	299	1	0.3%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	298	0	0.0%	0.5%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 12 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 7 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 6 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Other Difficulty/Disability 1 pupils