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Richard Cobden Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Camden Street, London NW1 0LL · rcobden.camden.sch.uk · 020 7387 5909
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2019
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 78%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Camden 73%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2025 entry · Camden Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 379
- 90% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Camden
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 59.4%
- First language not English
- 89.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2025, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Camden Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 27 families put the school first and 29 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 29 | 27 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 49 | 33 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 52 | 46 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 55 | 48 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 50 | 44 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 78% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 5% the higher standard. Across Camden it was 73%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲78% | 62% | ||
| ▼5% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Richard Cobden Primary School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 16 October 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Dec 2024 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 17 Dec 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Outstanding
Quality of education Outstanding Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Dec 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Oct 2005Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good
What parents said
89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (18 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 89%
- Replies
- 18
- 5% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 72% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied