St Mary Abbots CofE Primary School

About St Mary Abbots CofE Primary School

St Mary Abbots CofE Primary School in Kensington and Chelsea holds a Good rating from Ofsted, confirmed by an ungraded visit in February 2024. The most telling exam metric is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which sits at 86 per cent. That is comfortably above the local authority average of 72 per cent for primary schools, placing St Mary Abbots 9th out of 25 schools in Kensington and Chelsea. Nationally, the school ranks in the top five per cent of all primary schools on this measure. The school’s overall ranking score of 86 puts it just behind the three top-performing peers in the borough — Oratory Roman Catholic, Fox and Thomas Jones primary schools, each scoring 93.

Looking more closely at the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, the school’s strongest subject is reading, where 91 per cent of pupils met the expected standard and 64 per cent reached the higher standard. Maths follows closely, with 95 per cent at expected and 45 per cent at the higher level. Writing is similarly strong at 91 per cent expected, though the higher-standard figure drops to 32 per cent. Average scaled scores are 111 in reading and 110 in maths, both above the national average. Ofsted’s breakdown shows the school has maintained Good ratings for leadership and management, early years provision and overall effectiveness, though its previous graded inspection in 2007 had rated it Outstanding across the board. The school has no sixth form and no nursery provision, focusing entirely on pupils aged 4 to 11.

With 180 pupils on roll against a capacity of 210, the school is oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, there were 110 applications for 30 places, with only 11 offers made to first-preference applicants. That gives an oversubscription ratio of 3.67, so families need to be prepared for strong competition. Facilities include an outdoor playground, dining hall, art studios, music rooms, ICT suite and a chapel. Sports on offer range from athletics and netball to swimming, cricket and gymnastics, while clubs include coding, chess, art, choir and drama. The school’s SEND provisions cover specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, speech and language needs, autistic spectrum disorder and social, emotional and mental health support. This is a Church of England primary that suits families prioritising strong academic outcomes in a central London setting, but who are realistic about the high demand for places.

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