St George's Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy

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St George's Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy significantly outperforms the Harrow local authority average for key stage 2 outcomes. While the LA average for pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined stands at 72%, St George's achieves 82%, placing it 9th out of 38 primary schools in the borough. This puts the school in the top quarter of Harrow primaries and among only ten schools in the LA rated Outstanding by Ofsted. Its most recent inspection in 2023 awarded top marks across all five graded areas: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This represents an improvement from its previous Good rating in 2013, with the school now holding Outstanding across every category.

The school's exam results provide further detail behind that headline figure. In maths, 93% of pupils reached the expected standard with an average score of 108, well above the national benchmark of 100. Reading saw 84% at expected with an average score of 107, and writing 88% at expected. At the higher standard, 45% of pupils achieved this in reading, 34% in maths, 21% in writing, and 18% across all three subjects combined. The school does not publish progress scores for its key stage 2 cohort, so it is difficult to assess value added relative to starting points, but the raw attainment data is clearly well above the LA average. With 409 pupils on roll against a capacity of 420, the school is nearly full, and oversubscription is a reality: for 2025/26 entry, there were 140 applications for 56 places, a ratio of 2.5 to one.

St George's is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary serving children from age 2 through to 11, with nursery provision on site. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals is low at 5.9%, well below the national average, which may partly explain the strong attainment figures. Facilities include music rooms, art studios, a sensory room, playing fields and a chapel. The school offers a broad range of sports including rounders, athletics, football, dance, cricket and swimming, plus clubs such as gardening, science club, coding, drama, choir and eco club. Its SEND provision covers specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, speech and language needs, hearing impairment, physical disability, autistic spectrum disorder and social, emotional and mental health support. For Catholic families in Harrow, this is clearly a popular choice, but the oversubscription data means it is not a guaranteed place. Families outside the faith catchment should check the admissions criteria carefully.

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