Servite RC Primary School

About Servite RC Primary School

Servite RC Primary School is a Roman Catholic state primary in Kensington and Chelsea, one of 28 primary schools in the borough. It sits 15th in the local authority rankings, with a score of 70 based on the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. That puts it behind the three top-performing peers in the area: Oratory Roman Catholic Primary School, Fox Primary School and Thomas Jones Primary School, each of which scored 93. Servite is one of 13 outstanding-rated primaries in Kensington and Chelsea, and the nearest outstanding school to it is Oratory RC Primary, just over a kilometre away. The school has a nursery provision and serves children from age three to 11, with a total of 198 pupils on roll against a capacity of 240. It is oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, there were 113 applications for 30 places, with 21 offers going to first-preference families.

In its most recent Ofsted inspection, carried out in December 2021, Servite received Outstanding across every category: overall effectiveness, quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. That was an improvement on its previous inspection in 2007, when early years provision was rated Requires Improvement (grade 2) while overall effectiveness and leadership were already Outstanding. At Key Stage 2 in the 2023/24 academic year, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, just below the local authority average of 72%. However, the school’s reading scores were strong: 93% of pupils reached the expected standard and 63% achieved the higher standard, with an average reading score of 110. In maths, 87% met the expected standard and 27% reached the higher standard, with an average score of 107. Writing saw 83% at expected and 13% at the higher level.

The school offers a range of facilities including a chapel, music rooms, an ICT suite, a sports hall, art studios, a sensory room and a dining hall. Sports on offer include football, tennis, athletics and dance, and there are clubs for book club, coding and chess. Servite has a published SEND register covering moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, autistic spectrum disorder, and other difficulty or disability. With 20.7% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a mixed catchment. It is a good fit for Catholic families in the borough who want a faith-based primary with strong early years provision and a track record of outstanding behaviour and leadership, though competition for places is high given the oversubscription ratio of 3.77.

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