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Acton Gardens Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Osborne Road, Acton, London W3 8SJ · agprimary.org.uk · 020 8993 9053
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 35%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Ealing 69%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Ealing Council
- Demand for places
- 0.5
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 349
- 78% of 450 places
- Local authority
- Ealing
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 44.4%
- First language not English
- 70.5%
- 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: Ealing Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 21 families put the school first and 42 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 | 42 | 21 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 39 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 55 | 37 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 39 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 44 | 18 | 0.4 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 35% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 2% the higher standard. Across Ealing it was 69%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼35% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼99 | 106 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ▼102 | 105 | |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Acton Gardens Primary School on 20 May 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 20 May 2025
- 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: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Sept 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2021Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Oct 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Oct 2008Requires 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
54% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (46 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 54%
- Replies
- 46
- 12% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 50% who had a child bullied