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Avondale Park Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Sirdar Road, London W11 4EE · avondalepark.rbkc.sch.uk · 020 7727 7727
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 76%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Kensington and Chelsea 75%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Kensington and Chelsea Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 288
- 69% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 48.6%
- First language not English
- 66.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Kensington and Chelsea Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 26 families put the school first and 29 places were offered; 96% 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 | 26 | 0.9 | 96% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 39 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 42 | 31 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 59 | 35 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 57 | 35 | 0.6 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 76% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% the higher standard. Across Kensington and Chelsea it was 75%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲76% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Avondale Park Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 7 June 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 7 Jun 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2012
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Sept 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2010Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (25 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 25
- 8% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 64% who raised concerns
based on the 20% who had a child bullied