Queen's Park Primary School

About Queen's Park Primary School

Queen's Park Primary School sits within the Westminster local authority, a London borough with 34 primary schools, ten of which hold an Outstanding rating from Ofsted. The school itself ranks 19th in the LA, placing it in the middle of the pack, and its top-performing local peers are St Mary's Bryanston Square CofE School, Hampden Gurney CofE Primary School, and Christ Church Bentinck CofE Primary School, each of which achieved higher ranking scores. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is St Luke's CofE Primary School, just 0.6 kilometres away. Queen's Park is a mixed, state-funded primary for ages 3 to 11, with a nursery on site, and it has no religious character. Headteacher Ben Commins leads a school of 266 pupils, operating below its capacity of 310 places. The school is notably diverse in its intake, with 48.9 per cent of pupils eligible for free school meals, well above the national average.

Academically, Queen's Park performs solidly at Key Stage 2. In the 2023/24 results, 74 per cent of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which exactly matches the Westminster LA average of 74 per cent. The school's ranking score of 74 places it in the top 25 per cent of primary schools nationally by this metric, though within London it sits at the 38th percentile and nationally at the 21st percentile. Individual subject scores are stronger in maths, where the average scaled score reached 107 and 89 per cent of pupils met the expected standard, with 26 per cent achieving a higher standard. Reading saw 87 per cent at expected and 21 per cent at higher, while writing had 76 per cent at expected and just 8 per cent at higher. The school's most recent graded Ofsted inspection, in January 2013, awarded an overall effectiveness rating of Good, with leadership and management also rated Good. An ungraded inspection in November 2022 confirmed the school remains Good, a significant improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2010.

The school offers a broad range of facilities including a library, playing fields, music rooms, a gymnasium, art studios and a chapel, and pupils can take part in sports such as athletics, tennis, rounders, swimming, cricket, football and netball. Clubs include Eco Club, Book Club, Coding, Science Club, Chess and Choir. For pupils with additional needs, the school provides support for moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and physical disabilities. Admissions are competitive: for the 2025/26 intake, the school received 63 applications for 29 places, with 29 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.17. Queen's Park is a good fit for families in Westminster seeking a well-resourced, inclusive primary with strong maths outcomes and a clear upward trajectory in its Ofsted rating, though those prioritising the highest academic rankings may want to consider the top-performing peers nearby.

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