St Saviour's Church of England Primary School

About St Saviour's Church of England Primary School

St Saviour's Church of England Primary School is a small state primary in Lambeth, with just 143 pupils on a site built for 210. It sits 47th out of 54 primary schools in the borough, placing it in the bottom half of Lambeth's rankings. For context, the top-performing local peers are Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, and Stockwell Primary School, all of which score significantly higher on the same metric. The school is oversubscribed: for 16 places in the 2025/26 intake, it received 53 applications, with only 10 first-preference offers made. That gives an oversubscription ratio of 3.31, suggesting strong local demand despite its middling rank. Headteacher Andrew Rojas leads a Church of England school that has seen a dramatic turnaround in its Ofsted rating. Its most recent graded inspection, in 2015, rated the school Good overall, with leadership and management also Good. That followed a 2013 inspection where the school was judged Inadequate across the board.

Academically, the school's Key Stage 2 results for 2023/24 show 50% of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That is well below the Lambeth local authority average of 66%. In individual subjects, 68% met expectations in reading, 68% in writing, and 68% in maths. The proportion reaching the higher standard in all three subjects was just 7%. Average scaled scores were 105 in reading and 103 in maths. The school ranks 10830th nationally out of 13686 primary schools on the combined expected standard metric, placing it in the bottom 20% nationally and the bottom 10% within London. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is not possible to say whether pupils are making typical progress from their starting points. The school's most recent ungraded Ofsted inspection, in July 2024, confirmed it remains Good, with early years provision also rated Good.

The school offers a solid range of facilities for its size, including a sports hall, gymnasium, dining hall, library, chapel, sensory room, and a Forest School area. Sports on offer include football, netball, athletics, tennis, cricket, gymnastics, and dance, while clubs extend to gardening, chess, film club, and book club. SEND provisions cover specific learning difficulties including dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. The nearest Outstanding-rated primary school is Jessop Primary School, just half a kilometre away. For families considering St Saviour's, the key draw is its small, community feel and strong local demand, but the academic outcomes are notably below the borough average. It may suit families who prioritise a Church of England environment and a broad range of activities over top-tier exam results.

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