St Anselm's Catholic Primary School

About St Anselm's Catholic Primary School

St Anselm's Catholic Primary School is a standout choice in the Harrow local authority, ranking 3rd out of 38 primary schools in the area. This places it comfortably in the top 5 tier of local schools, alongside strong peers such as Krishna Avanti Primary School, St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, and Roxbourne Primary School. As a Roman Catholic state school for mixed-gender pupils aged 4 to 11, it serves 414 children, just shy of its 420-pupil capacity. The school is led by headteacher Tania Hunt and has held an Outstanding rating from Ofsted across both its most recent graded inspection in February 2024 and its previous inspection in 2012. In the 2024 inspection, every category — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — was judged Outstanding. The nearest other Outstanding-rated primary school in Harrow is Vaughan Primary School, located 1.1 km away.

Academically, St Anselm's delivers strong results at Key Stage 2. In the 2023/24 academic year, 89% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths combined, well above the Harrow local authority average of 72%. A notable 32% of pupils achieved the higher standard in all three subjects. Reading scores are particularly impressive, with an average scaled score of 111 and 67% of pupils reaching the higher standard. In maths, the average scaled score was 108, with 35% achieving the higher standard, while 42% did so in writing. Expected standard attainment in both reading and writing reached 95%, and maths followed closely at 93%. Nationally, the school ranks in the top 3% of all primary schools for its combined expected standard performance, and within London it sits in the top 6%. These figures reflect consistent, high-level academic outcomes across the board.

The school is well equipped with facilities including a sports hall, library, music rooms, a sensory room, an ICT suite, art studios, and a chapel. Sports provision covers swimming, football, tennis, and cross country, while extracurricular clubs include science, gardening, choir, coding, and film club. St Anselm's offers a broad range of SEND support, catering for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, physical disabilities, and autistic spectrum disorder. Admission for the 2025/26 year is highly competitive: the school received 225 applications for 58 places, with 74 first-preference applications and 54 first-preference offers, giving an oversubscription ratio of 3.88. This is a school that suits families who prioritise strong academic outcomes within a Catholic faith context and who are prepared for a competitive admissions process.

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