Larmenier & Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School

About Larmenier & Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School

If you're a parent weighing up Larmenier & Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, the most telling signal might be how other families feel about it. In the most recent Parent View survey, covering September 2024 to September 2025, a striking 95% of respondents said they would recommend the school to another parent. That's a very high level of endorsement. Drilling into the detail, 96% of parents agreed or strongly agreed that their child is happy at the school, and a similar proportion felt their child is safe. The school is also clearly popular in the local area: for the 2025/26 reception intake, it received 166 applications for just 59 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.81. Of those, 78 families put it as their first preference, and 54 of those first-preference families were offered a place. It's a Roman Catholic state primary in Hammersmith and Fulham, with a nursery provision for three-year-olds, and it's clearly a school that local families are keen to get into.

Academically, the school performs well above the local average. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 88% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with a local authority average of 76%. That places Larmenier & Sacred Heart 8th out of 35 primary schools in Hammersmith and Fulham, putting it in the top tier locally. The school also does a strong job stretching its pupils: 22% achieved the higher standard in all three subjects, and average scores in reading (109) and maths (110) were comfortably above the national benchmark of 100. In its most recent graded Ofsted inspection, carried out in September 2024, the school was rated Good overall, with Outstanding marks for early years provision and personal development. Behaviour and attitudes, leadership and management, and the quality of education were all rated Good. The previous inspection in 2015 had rated the school Outstanding across the board, so the current rating represents a slight step down, but the inspection team clearly saw plenty to praise.

The school is well equipped for a primary of its size, with 440 pupils on roll and a capacity of 446. Facilities include a gymnasium, music rooms, a library, a dining hall, playing fields, a forest school area, an outdoor playground and a chapel. There's a decent range of clubs on offer, including science, book and chess clubs, and sports provision covers dance, netball, rounders and gymnastics. For families with children who have additional needs, the school lists SEND provisions for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, speech, language and communication needs, social, emotional and mental health needs, visual impairment and autistic spectrum disorder. However, the Parent View data suggests some mixed feelings here: while 79% of parents agreed or strongly agreed that SEND children get the support they need, 22% disagreed or strongly disagreed, which is a higher proportion of dissatisfaction than for most other questions. Given the oversubscription, families living within the Catholic catchment area will have the strongest chance of securing a place.

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