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Soho Parish CofE Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Voluntary aided
23 Great Windmill Street, London W1D 7LF · sohoparish.co.uk · 020 7432 7320
Overview
- Ofsted
- Concerns
- Ungraded inspection · May 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 53%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Westminster 72%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Westminster Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 90
- 53% of 170 places
- Local authority
- Westminster
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 32.2%
- First language not English
- 53.3%
- 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: Westminster Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 5 families put the school first and 7 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 | 7 | 5 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 13 | 12 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 12 | 10 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 13 | 12 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 53% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 5% the higher standard. Across Westminster it was 72%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼53% | 62% | ||
| ▼5% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 9 May 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Soho Parish CofE Primary School was: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next.
- Outcome
- Concerns
- Inspected
- 9 May 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Feb 2016Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Mar 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (37 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 37
- 35% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 89% who raised concerns
based on the 38% who had a child bullied